Been Caught Stealing

"Been Caught Stealing"
Single by Jane's Addiction
from the album Ritual de lo habitual
B-side "Had a Dad" (Radio Tokyo Demo)
Released November 15, 1990
Format
Recorded 1989–1990
Genre
Length 3:34
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Jane's Addiction singles chronology
"Three Days"
(1990)		 "Been Caught Stealing"
(1990)		 "Classic Girl"
(1991)

"Three Days"
(1990)		 "Been Caught Stealing"
(1990)		 "Classic Girl"
(1991)
Music video
"Been Caught Stealing" on YouTube

"Been Caught Stealing" is a song from Jane's Addiction's 1990 album, Ritual de lo Habitual. It was the band's biggest hit, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. modern rock chart.[3][4][5][6] Different versions appear on the compilations Kettle Whistle, Up from the Catacombs – The Best of Jane's Addiction and Rev.

Among its highlights are what Rolling Stone dubbed "the best use of dog barks since Pet Sounds". "That was Annie," recalled singer Perry Farrell. "I'd got her from a dog shelter and she was quite needy, so I brought her down to the studio that day rather than leave her at home… I'm singing in the booth with the headphones on and Annie gets all excited and starts going, 'Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!'… The fact that she ended up on the track was just pure coincidence."[7]

Music video

The song's video humorously depicted people (including the band members) shoplifting at a grocery store. Directed by Farrell's girlfriend Casey Niccoli,[8] it was voted No. 47 on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos.

Awards and accolades

The song is featured on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll (the list has no particular ranking).

It was chosen by Alice Cooper as one of his eight selections on the UK radio program Desert Island Discs.

The song has regularly featured on television and in films; for example during the opening scene of NBC's Chuck episode 214 (Chuck Vs. The Best Friend) in 2009; in the pilot for My Name Is Earl; the credits of Eric Bogosian's Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll; and in an episode of Hindsight.

It features in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictional Alternative radio station Radio X, and is heard in the films Gone in 60 Seconds and Cape Fear. It appeared in the soundtracks for the video games Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, Rock Band 3, Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, and The Darkness II.

The song is featured on The Prodigy's The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One (1999).

The Angels Stadium of Anaheim plays a clip of "Been Caught Stealing" whenever the home team steals a base.

The title of the song is parodied in the TISM song "Been Caught Wankin'" from the album www.tism.wanker.com.

Cover versions

It was covered by Richard Cheese on Aperitif for Destruction and by jacksoul on mySOUL, the former being a parody that satirizes the barking dog heard in the song.

Arcade Fire covered the song live in 2014.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gallucci, Michael. "Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos From 1990". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2011 Night 2". CBS. December 11, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Alternative Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 27, 1990
  4. ↑ Alternative Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 24, 1990
  5. ↑ Alternative Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 1, 1990
  6. ↑ Alternative Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 8, 1990
  7. ↑ Halbert, James (August 2001). "Nasy habits". Classic Rock. No. 30. p. 59.
  8. ↑ "Been Caught Stealing". Janesaddiction.org.
  9. ↑ Minsker, Evan (August 2, 2014). "Arcade Fire Cover Jane's Addiction's "Been Caught Stealing", Steal Fans' Cell Phones". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
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