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“Letter From a Thief” by Chevelle

From the album Sci‐Fi Crimes (2009)

“Letter From a Thief” by Chevelle appears on 19 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2009 and 2010. It was first released in 2009 on the album Sci‐Fi Crimes. Its best result is #6 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 2010 and #163 of the '10s.

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"Letter From a Thief" was the second single off Chevelle's Sci-Fi Crimes, sent out by Epic on December 7, 2009, though a crowd in Atlanta had heard it long before: the band broke it out on stage there on April 9, 2009, months ahead of the album.

The story behind it is a touring band's nightmare. Frontman Pete Loeffler wrote it about the time the band's gear was stolen in Dallas, his prized red PRS guitar included, the very one that shows up in the "Send the Pain Below" video. That guitar found its way home the long way round: a man in California turned it over to PRS once he realized whose it was. All of which gives this slab of alternative metal a grudge worth hollering about.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2009	81	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009	101
2009	69	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2009	89
2009	40	94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO	KILO Top 50 of 2009	50
2009	96	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009	103
2009	91	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009	105
2009	78	X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA	X103.9 Top Songs of 2009	103
2009	95	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009	96
2010	6	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010	101
2010	32	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2010	89
2010	14	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010	99
2010	82	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010	88
2010	53	89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010	89
2010	22	94.3 WCYY Portland, ME	WCYY Top 50 of 2010	50
2010	73	90.5 WERG Erie, PA	WERG Top 90 of 2010	90
2010	38	KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010	91
2010	12	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010	103
2010	16	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010	105
2010	37	94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010	91
2010	28	94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX	94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010	94

Also listed as: A Letter From A Thief; Letter From A Thief; Letter from a Thief.

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