Thieves (song)

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"Thieves"
She and Him Thieves record cover.jpg
Single by She & Him
from the album Volume Two
B-side "I Knew It Would Happen This Way"
Released14 June 2010
Genre Indie pop, Indie folk
Length4:08
Label Merge
Songwriter(s) Zooey Deschanel
Producer(s) M. Ward
She & Him singles chronology
"In the Sun"
(2010)
"Thieves"
(2010)

"Thieves" is a song by American duo She & Him. Written by Zooey Deschanel, the song was released as the second single from the duo's second album, Volume Two . On 9 February 2010, She & Him were interviewed on BBC 6 Music and performed "Thieves" and "Gonna Get Along without You Now" from the not-yet-released album. [1] Two versions of the song "Thieves" were made available online. One was that played for the BBC interview [2] and two weeks later Stereogum premiered the studio version from the album. [3]

On 9 July 2010, a video of "Thieves" directed by Norwood Cheek was released on Pitchfork Media. [4]

"Thieves" was released by Merge Records on 31 August 2010, with "I Knew It Would Happen This Way" on the B-side of the vinyl single. [5]

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