"Criminal" is a song by American recording artist Fiona Apple, released in July 1997 as the third single from her debut studio album, Tidal. Apple has stated that the song is about "feeling bad for getting something so easily by using your sexuality". Apple's highest-charting single, it peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 (her only entry to date), as well as number four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.