Hey There Delilah
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| Single by Plain White T's | ||||
| from the album All That We Needed and Every Second Counts | ||||
| B-side | "Easy Way Out" | |||
| Released | May 9, 2006 (See release history) |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Recorded | May 2004 | |||
| Genre | Acoustic, indie pop | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Hollywood, Fearless | |||
| Writer(s) | Tom Higgenson | |||
| Producer | Ariel Rechtshaid | |||
| Certification | 3x Platinum (RIAA) 3x Platinum (CRIA) |
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"Hey There Delilah" is a song by American indie pop group Plain White T's. It was released in May 2006 as the third single from their third studio album All That We Needed. It received radio play over the following year and eventually reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2007.
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Release [edit]
Plain White T's released the song in May 2006 as the third single from their third studio album All That We Needed. In June 2007, over one year after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July. From July 3, 2007 through July 28, the song was the number one most played song on the radio, and the number one downloaded song on the U.S. iTunes Music Store.
It was the Plain White T's first number one single. It also reached number two in the UK.[1] The song ended 2007 as the year's 14th biggest-selling single in the UK.[2]
Since its release, "Hey There Delilah" has been covered by many artists worldwide in one form or another. It has sold over 4,000,000 digital copies in the US alone.[3]
Although "Hey There Delilah" is from the Plain White Ts' third album, All That We Needed, the song was recorded and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid at Doug Messenger's harddrive analog and digital, in North Hollywood, CA. The intervening fourth album, Every Second Counts, has "Hey There Delilah" added as a bonus track with a string section augmenting the original recording.[4] The music video for the song was directed by Jay Martin.
Background and writing [edit]
The song was written by frontman Tom Higgenson after meeting Delilah DiCrescenzo, a nationally ranked American steeplechase and cross country runner.[5]
Critical reaction [edit]
Time magazine named "Hey There Delilah" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #7.[6] Music critic Josh Tyrangiel called it "an intimate love song that's damn near universal." Tyrangiel praised the Plain White T’s for managing to make another "aching guy reaching out to distant girl song feel fresh," singling out singer Tom Higgenson’s otherwise imperfect voice and "nasal delivery [for making] the nearly-comic sincerity of the lyrics seem completely genuine."[7]
The song was a double 2008 Grammy Award nominee, for 2007 Song of the Year (won by Amy Winehouse) and 2007 Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (won by Maroon 5). The two dated, and the real Delilah attended the Grammy Award show that year as the guest of Tom Higgenson, the song's writer.[8]
On VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2007, "Hey There Delilah" was #8, ahead of "If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback and behind "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado. VH1 also had the song at #78 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s.[9]
Charts [edit]
| Chart (2006-2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 3 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] | 29 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] | 1 |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[15] | 1 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[16] | 21 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles) | 1 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[17] | 1 |
| Italy (FIMI)[18] | 14 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[14] | 2 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] | 8 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[20] | 9 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[21] | 15 |
| Slovakia (IFPI)[22] | 4 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] | 6 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] | 9 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[14] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[25] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[25] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[25] | 1 |
| US Billboard Pop 100[25] | 1 |
Year-end charts [edit]
| Chart (2007) | Rank |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart[26] | 23 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[27] | 7 |
| Chart (2008) | Rank |
| German Singles Chart[28] | 96 |
Decade-end charts [edit]
| Chart (2000–2009) | Rank |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[29] | 97 |
Certifications [edit]
| Country | Certification | Date | Quantity certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany[30] | 1× Gold | 2007 | 150,000 |
| USA[31] | 3× Platinum | 2011 | 4,476,000[32] |
Release history [edit]
| Country | Release date |
|---|---|
| United States | 9 May 2006 |
| Worldwide | 30 August 2007 |
See also [edit]
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (U.S.)
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada)
- List of number-one hits of 2007 (Germany)
- List of European number-one hits of 2007
References [edit]
- ^ "Sean Kingston Keeps Top Spot In UK Charts". World Entertainment News Network. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles". BBC Music. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "Week Ending March 6, 2011: Songs: Rated PG". Yahoo! Chart Watch. 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' Is Number One". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ Celizic, Mike (January 23, 2008). "Muse shares story behind ‘Hey There Delilah’". Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Top 10 Everything Of 2007". Time. December 9, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Tyrangiel, Josh (December 24, 2007)"The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year: The 10 Best Songs". Time. 170 (26):68 Retrieved on 2008-01-29
- ^ "Delilah DiCrescenzo Finally Gives Tom Higgenson a Date". Celebpeeps.net. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Anderson, Kyle (September 29, 2011). "U2, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters fill out VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the '00s'". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah" (in French). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ a b c "Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 20081 into search.
- ^ "Danishcharts.com – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Plain White T's search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200743 into search.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b c d Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Plain White T's
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Year-End 2007". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Hey There Delilah')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Hey There Delilah". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ Grein, Paul (March 27, 2013). "Week Ending March 24, 2013. Songs: 5 Million “Thrift Shoppers”". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music). Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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- 2006 singles
- Plain White T's songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Pop 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one singles
- Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Germany
- Pop ballads
- Rock ballads
- Soft rock songs
- Singles certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Hollywood Records singles
