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“Steal My Kisses” by Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals
From the album Burn to Shine (1999)
“Steal My Kisses” by Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals appears on 13 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album Burn to Shine. Its best result is #11 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #148 alternative song of 2000 and #6,626 alternative song of all time.
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"Steal My Kisses" is Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals at their loosest, a back-porch strut from Burn to Shine that Virgin sent out as the album's fourth and last single in February 2000. The groove is the trick: the beat comes out of Rahzel's mouth, beatboxed rather than banged, with Dean Butterworth's drums and Juan Nelson's bass rolling underneath and Harper's guitar and voice riding on top. It's country blues with a hip-hop spine, and it never breaks a sweat.
JP Plunier produced it and Eric Sarafin recorded and mixed it. It topped Billboard's Triple-A chart for three weeks, and in New Zealand it spent four weeks at number two and finished 2000 as the country's fifth-biggest single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 85 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 19 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 79 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 | 99 |
| 2000 | 90 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 11 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1892 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1890 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1923 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2009 | 160 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2010 | 1974 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2022 | 146 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 862 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 500 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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