We prove several singular value inequalities for commutators of Hilbert space operators. It is shown, among other inequalities, that if A, B, and X are operators on a complex separable Hilbert space such that A and B are positive, and X is compact, then the singular values of AX - XB are dominated by those of max(parallel to A parallel to, parallel to B parallel to)(X circle plus X) where parallel to (.) parallel to is the usual operator norm. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.