| "Been Caught Stealing" | ||||
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| Single by Jane's Addiction | ||||
| from the album Ritual de lo Habitual | ||||
| B-side | "Had a Dad" (Radio Tokyo Demo) | |||
| Released | November 15, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
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| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| "Been Caught Stealing" on YouTube | ||||
"Been Caught Stealing" is a song by American rock band Jane's Addiction, released in November 1990 by Warner Bros. as the third single from the band's second album, Ritual de lo Habitual (1990). The song is also the band's biggest hit, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart.[3] Different versions appear on the compilations Kettle Whistle, Up from the Catacombs – The Best of Jane's Addiction and Rev.
The tune later appeared in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictional in-game radio station "Radio X".
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."[4]
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- ^ "Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Halbert, James (August 2001). "Nasy habits". Classic Rock. No. 30. p. 59.