Thieves In The Temple was the first single to be released from Prince’s twelfth album Graffiti Bridge, the soundtrack to the movie Graffiti Bridge. It was released five weeks prior to the album, and received a release around the world. While it contained an additional non-album track, Thieves In The Temple (Part II), there was no separate b-side, marking the second time a lead-off single did not contain a new b-side following Alphabet St. in 1988.
The single reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and number 1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles Chart (marking his seventh number 1 on that chart, following I Wanna Be Your Lover, When Doves Cry, Let’s Go Crazy, Kiss, Sign O’ The Times and Batdance).
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