9 Crimes Explained

9 Crimes
Type:	single
Artist:	Damien Rice
Album:	9
B-Side:	The Rat Within the Grain
Released:	27 November 2006
Recorded:	2005
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	3:39
Label:	Heffa, 14th Floor
Producer:	Damien Rice
Prev Title:	Unplayed Piano
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Rootless Tree
Next Year:	2007

"9 Crimes" is the first single from the album 9 by Damien Rice. This song has 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 and is reminiscent of the classic short film, The Red Balloon.

Track listing

• 7" vinyl^[1]

1. "9 Crimes" - 3:39
2. "The Rat Within the Grain" - 2:53

Appearances in other media

• "9 Crimes" was used in the 2014 Tubi documentary Our Lives: Extraordinary People, Season 1, Episode 9, "Mum, Heroin, and Me".
• "9 Crimes" was used during the episode "From a Whisper to a Scream" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.^[2]
• "9 Crimes" was used at the end of fourth episode of season two of the American television series Jericho.^[3]
• "9 Crimes" was played during the obsequies of German goalkeeper Robert Enke (Hannover 96).^[4]
• "9 Crimes" was sampled in the Weerd Science track "Infinity".
• "9 Crimes" was used in a scene in Shrek the Third, but was not included on the official soundtrack.
• The original demo of "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice was used in an episode of True Blood called "9 Crimes".^[5]
• The song was used in two scenes in the German crime series Leipzig Homicide, episode "Klarer Kopf".
• The song was covered by Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 2 November 2018.
• "9 Crimes" was used during Episode 6 of I'll Be Gone in the Dark (TV series)^[6] .
• "9 Crimes" was used during the audition performance of dance duo Twice on the fifth season of Belgium's Got Talent.
• "9 crimes" was covered by Isle of Mann musical artist Katherine Crowe in her 2009 album Unbreakable.

Charts

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Damien Rice. 20 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217110851/http://www.damienrice.com/music.php?ref=139. 17 December 2008. dead.
2. Web site: CNET Networks . Grey's Anatomy - From A Whisper to a Scream - Music Featured in this Episode . n.d. . 3 June 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930164158/http://www.tv.com/greys-anatomy/from-a-whisper-to-a-scream/episode/899403/trivia.html . 30 September 2007.
3. Web site: Music of Jericho - Jericho . Jericho.wetpaint.com . 6 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903062529/http://jericho.wetpaint.com/page/Music+of+Jericho . 2011-09-03 . dead .
4. Web site: Abschied von Robert Enke . Der Spiegel . de . 15 November 2009. 6 September 2011.
5. Web site: 9 Crimes. 16 July 2020. IMDb.
6. Web site: Music from I'll Be Gone in the Dark S1E06. Tunefind.