Song · Rough Trade
“Crimes of Passion” by Rough Trade
From the album Shaking the Foundations (1982)
“Crimes of Passion” by Rough Trade appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1982 on the album Shaking the Foundations. Its best result is #920 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,206 alternative song of all time.
"Crimes of Passion" was the one standard single released from Shaking the Foundations, the fourth album by Toronto new wave band Rough Trade, in 1982, and it peaked at number 18. Carole Pope and Kevan Staples produced it with Gene Martynec, and Gary Gray engineered.
Its flip side carried weight of its own: "Endless Night", which took its cue from 1981's Operation Soap raids, ended up as the theme music for the 1982 documentary Track Two (Enough Is Enough). The A-side later landed on Birds of a Feather, the band's 1985 greatest hits album, next to the title track of Shaking the Foundations.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 920 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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