| Steal My Kisses | |
| Cover: | Steal My Kisses, Ben Harper.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals |
| Album: | Burn to Shine |
| Length: | 4:05 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | J.P. Plunier |
| Prev Title: | Forgiven |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | With My Own Two Hands |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
"Steal My Kisses" is a song by American music group Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals from their album Burn to Shine. The beat of the song is formed with beatboxing by Rahzel. It was released in February 2000 through Virgin Records America as the album's fourth and final single.
"Steal My Kisses" peaked number 11 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Triple-A chart for 3 weeks. It also charted in New Zealand, where it held the number-two position on the RIANZ Singles Chart for four nonconsecutive weeks, finished 2000 as the country's fifth-best-selling single, and received a gold certification for sales of over 5,000 copies.
The music video for "Steal My Kisses" was directed by Harper's producer/manager Jean-Pierre Plunier and features Harper driving to a beach where he and his bandmates socialize with a group of bikini-clad women.[1]
Australian CD single[2]
European maxi-CD single[3]
| Chart (2000) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] | 5 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[5] | 37 | |
| US Triple-A (Billboard)[6] | 5 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | February 28, 2000 | Modern adult contemporary radio | Virgin | [7] |
| April 18, 2000 | Contemporary hit radio | [8] | ||
| New Zealand | June 12, 2000 | [9] |