| Crime of Passion | |
| Cover: | Crime of Passion (Mike Oldfield).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mike Oldfield |
| B-Side: | Jungle Gardenia |
| Released: | 3 January 1984 [1] |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Mike Oldfield |
| Prev Title: | Shadow on the Wall |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | To France |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Crime of Passion" is a non-album single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 on Virgin Records. The song features Barry Palmer performing vocals.
The front cover features a sepia photograph of Mike Oldfield's mother Maureen, who died in January 1974, ten years before the release of this single.[2] The song was released between Oldfield's albums Crises and Discovery.
The music video for "Crime of Passion" takes place in a surrealistic children's play room featuring books, giant blocks (with letters on them), a girl on a swing, a military drummer and a clown. In the video Oldfield performs in a 'mechanical' fashion with Ovation and Fender Stratocaster guitars, while Palmer sits on a box and sings. The video is available on the Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield video.
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Denmark[3] | 1 |
| Greece[4] | 3 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[5] | 22 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] | 61 |