The Perfect Crime No. 2

"The Perfect Crime #2"
Single by The Decemberists
from the album The Crane Wife
Released September 26, 2007
Format digital download
7" Vinyl(UK)
12" vinyl(US)
Genre Indie rock
Length 5:33
Label Capitol
Writer(s) The Decemberists
Colin Meloy
The Decemberists singles chronology
"O Valencia!"
(2006)
"The Perfect Crime #2"
(2007)
"Always the Bridesmaid: Volume I"
(2008)

"The Perfect Crime #2" is a song on American indie rock band The Decemberists' fourth album The Crane Wife. The song is a sequel to "The Perfect Crime #1", a song which did not appear on The Crane Wife and was later released as a bonus track.

"The Perfect Crime #2" was released as a single in September 2007, making it the second single from The Crane Wife (following "O Valencia!"). This is the first time The Decemberists have released multiple singles from the same album.

The digital download is available on iTunes US Store. Also available separately on iTunes is the original demo for the song.

Track listing

Digital Download/12" Single (US)

  1. "The Perfect Crime #2 (A Touch of Class Robs the Bank Remix)"
  2. "The Perfect Crime #2 (Diplo's Doing Time Remix)"
  3. "The Perfect Crime #2 (Junior Boys Remix)"
  4. "The Perfect Crime #2 (The Perfect Crime #2.5.1)"

In media

The song was featured in "Charged", the second episode of the TV series Reaper. It was also played in the background of a scene in "'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous", a seventh-season episode of Gilmore Girls. The song was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of games on August 3, 2010.