9 Crimes

"9 Crimes" is the first single from the album 9 by Damien Rice. This song features additional vocals from Lisa Hannigan as do the rest of the songs on the album. The 7" single is pressed on clear-colored vinyl and comes with a fold-out poster.

Music video

The single's video was directed by Jamie Thraves. The video is very reminiscent of the classic short film, The Red Balloon.

Track listing

  • 7" vinyl
  • "9 Crimes" - 3:39
  • "The Rat Within the Grain" - 2:53
  • Appearances in other media

  • "9 Crimes" was featured during the episode "From a Whisper to a Scream" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
  • "9 Crimes" was featured at the end of fourth episode of season two of the American television series Jericho.
  • "9 Crimes" was played during the obsequies of German goalkeeper Robert Enke (Hannover 96).
  • "9 Crimes" was sampled in the Weerd Science track "Infinity".
  • "9 Crimes" was used in a brief scene in Shrek the Third, and is available on the official soundtrack.
  • The original demo of "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice was used in an episode of True Blood called "9 Crimes".
  • Podcasts:

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    9 Crimes

    by: Damien Rice

    Leave me out with the waste
    This is not what I do
    It's the wrong kind of place
    To be thinking of you
    It's the wrong time
    For somebody new
    It's a small crime
    And I got no excuse
    And is that alright? Yeah
    Give my gun away when it's loaded
    That alright? Yeah
    If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
    That alright? Yeah
    Give my gun away when it's loaded
    That alright? Yeah, with you?
    Leave me out with the waste
    This is not what I do
    It's the wrong kind of place
    To be cheating on you
    It's the wrong time
    She's pulling me through
    It's a small crime
    And I got no excuse
    And is that alright? Yeah
    To give my gun away when it's loaded
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    If I give my gun away when it's loaded
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright
    Is that alright with you?
    That alright? Yeah
    If I give my gun away when it's loaded
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    You don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    If I give my gun away when it's loaded
    (Is that alright with you?)
    Is that alright
    Is that alright with you?
    And is that alright? Yeah
    (To give my gun away when it's loaded)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    (You don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?)
    Is that alright? Yeah
    (To give my gun away when it's loaded)
    Is that alright? Is that alright?




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