Reaching number 3 in the charts in 1998, 'The Bartender And The Thief' was the first UK top ten hit forwhich group?
The Bartender and the Thief in the music video), but was edited off the "Performance & Cocktails" album. Welsh PDC Darts player Mark Webster uses this track as his entrance music. An instrumental version of the song is featured in the European version of the PlayStation racing game "Gran Turismo 2". CD: V2 / VVR5004653 (UK) CD: V2 / VVR5004663 (UK) The Bartender and the Thief "The Bartender and the Thief" is a 1998 single by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their second album "Performance and Cocktails". It was released on 9 November 1998 and reached number three on
The Bartender and the Thief Radio" single. The music video features the band playing at Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand and is based on the Francis Ford Coppola movie, "Apocalypse Now". The song, which is one of their heavier tracks, is frequently played amongst their live sets. During live performances, vocalist Kelly Jones has been known to use the two bars without vocals before the final chorus to reference the Motörhead song "Ace of Spades". The lyrics therefore are "The ace of spades, the ace of spades. The bartender and the thief were lovers..." Strangely, the song's full length intro only featured on the CD1 single (and