The Bartender and the Thief

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“The Bartender and the Thief”
Single by Stereophonics from the album Performance and Cocktails
Released	November 9, 1998
Format	CD, 7", MC
Recorded	1998
Genre	Rock
Length	2 mins 54 secs
Label	V2 Records
Writer(s)	Kelly Jones
Producer	?
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Local Boy in the Photograph (re-issue)" (1998) "The Bartender and the Thief" (1998) "Just Looking" (1999)

"The Bartender and the Thief" is the first single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released on November 9, 1998. It reached #3 in the UK charts.

The song is track 2 on Performance and Cocktails. A live version from Cardiff Castle is available on CD2 of "The Bartender and the Thief" singles. Another live version from Sheffield Arena is on the "Moviestar" single. A bar version of the song is on CD 1 of the "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" single.

The music video features the band playing at a Vietnamese army base, and is based on the Francis Ford Coppola movie, Apocalypse Now.

During live performances of this track, vocalist Kelly Jones has been known to utilise the two bars without vocals before the final chorus to reference the Motorhead song "Ace of Spades". The lyrics therefore are "THE ACE OF SPADES. THE ACE OF SPADES. The bartender and the thief were lovers..."

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: V2 / VVR5004653 (UK)

1. "The Bartender and the Thief" - 3:09
2. "She Takes Her Clothes Off" - 3:57
3. "Fiddler's Green" (The Tragically Hip)- 4:08

[edit] CD: V2 / VVR5004663 (UK)

1. "The Bartender and the Thief" (Live from Cardiff Castle) - 3:28
2. "Traffic" (Live from Cardiff Castle) - 6:07
3. "Raymond's Shop" (Live from Cardiff Castle) - 3:56