Song · Damien Rice
“9 Crimes” by Damien Rice
From the album 9 (2006)
“9 Crimes” by Damien Rice appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 2006 on the album 9. Its best result is #2 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 alternative song of 2007.
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"9 Crimes" was the first single from 9, the Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice's album that shares its number, and it arrived on 27 November 2006 on 14th Floor Records. Rice wrote and produced it and sits at the piano singing lead, with Lisa Hannigan, his regular collaborator, lending her voice as a guest, Shane Fitzsimons on double bass, Vyvienne Long on cello and Tom Osander on drums. All five of them had a hand in the mix.
David James Young of The Music later counted it among Rice's finest, and the tension he pointed to is the whole hook: lovely music stretched over deliberately nasty words. Jamie Thraves directed the video, taking his cue from the short film The Red Balloon, and years later named it his favourite of the jobs he'd done.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 11 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 166 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 333 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2012 | 243 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2013 | 523 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 847 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 645 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 424 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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