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In January 2008, a South African version was created entitled "Hey there my China", criticizing the [[South African government]] and [[Eskom]], the main power supplier, for failure to forecast the energy consumption resulting in nationwide blackouts and load sharing with other parts of the country. |
In January 2008, a South African version was created entitled "Hey there my China", criticizing the [[South African government]] and [[Eskom]], the main power supplier, for failure to forecast the energy consumption resulting in nationwide blackouts and load sharing with other parts of the country. |
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On YouTube, you can also find the video of a parody "Hey There, Khalilah" based on a Bangladeshi man writing to his lover who's in Bangladesh; him in America. |
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==Charts== |
==Charts== |
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Revision as of 10:14, 12 February 2008
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| B-side | "Easy Way Out" |
"Hey There Delilah" is the third single released from rock band Plain White T's 2005 album All That We Needed. The song is about a long-distance relationship. In June 2007, over two years after the song's initial release, it became the band's first mainstream hit in the United States, eventually reaching the top spot 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. After a few days, the version of the song found on Every Second Counts became the number one most downloaded but was eventually replaced by "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston.
After the song jumped from number 16 to number 6 on the chart it continued to climb one position every week (6-5-4-3-2-1), making it the first chart-topping hit to have this pattern on the Hot 100 in 21 years.[2]
The song ended 2007 as the year's 14th biggest-selling single in the UK.[3]
Although "Hey There Delilah" is from the Plain White T's third album, All That We Needed, since the single's popularity new versions of the intervening fourth album, Every Second Counts, have "Hey There Delilah" added as a bonus track with a string section augmenting the original recording.[4]
Critical reaction
Time magazine named "Hey There Delilah" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #7. Writer 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."[5]
The song is a 2008 Grammy Award nominee for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
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
Parodies
Playing on Tom Higgenson's admission that he was never in a relationship with Delilah, musician Robert Lund created a "response parody," ostensibly from Delilah's attorney, called "Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah."[6] After its debut on the Funny Music Project (the FuMP),[7] Cinema Blend hailed it as one of the best song parodies since "Weird Al" Yankovic's "White and Nerdy"[8] and Dr. Demento named it one of his top ten songs of 2007.[9] It also reached #1 on the Mad Music Show[10] and the Demented Top 20,[11] and it has generated at least four videos on YouTube[12].
An additional take has recently been played on Radio 1 in the UK to great acclaim from parody artist James at War called "Hey Harry Potter". James at War's verson of the song can be found on his myspace site[10][11]
In August 2007 Bob Rivers released a parody entitled "Hey There Chlamydia." His version was written from the point of view of a man infected with the disease by an anonymous woman from New York City that he named "Chlamydia" after a one-night stand.
In January, 2008, Adam Kontras released a parody entitled "Hey Aunt Jemima." His version was a viral video on you tube and a shot for shot remake of the actual Plain White T's video.
Sarcastic Gamer did a parody called "Hey Mr. Thompson", which refers to Jack Thompson suing video game companies for creating violent video games. The video edition contains a mid-way advert on what Jack Thompson does to the video game companies. The video version of that song is created by MFreakinJ.
The Irish radio station Today FM parodied it as "Hey John Delaney" on the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show. In this parody, vocal impressionist Mario Rosenstock acted as the then-Republic of Ireland football manager Steve Staunton.
Red State Update created a parody called "A Musical Farewell To Joe Biden & Chris Dodd."
Goremy created a middle eastern version of the song titled "hey there khalilah."
In January 2008, a South African version was created entitled "Hey there my China", criticizing the South African government and Eskom, the main power supplier, for failure to forecast the energy consumption resulting in nationwide blackouts and load sharing with other parts of the country.
On YouTube, you can also find the video of a parody "Hey There, Khalilah" based on a Bangladeshi man writing to his lover who's in Bangladesh; him in America.
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA Singles Chart[13] | 3 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40[14] | 2 |
| Belgium Singles Chart[14] | 3 |
| Brazil Singles Chart[15] | 21 |
| Canada Singles Chart[14] | 1 |
| Czech Singles Chart[16] | 1 |
| EURO 200[17] | 4 |
| Germany Singles Chart[14] | 1 |
| Ibero América Singles Chart[18] | 52 |
| Italy Singles Chart[19] | 7 |
| Israel Singles Chart[14] | 2 |
| Ireland Singles Chart[14] | 2 |
| Luxembourg Singles Chart | 6 |
| Malta Singles Chart | 6 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart 1[14] | 10 |
| Netherlands Antilles Singles Chart[20] | 17 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[14] | 9 |
| Norway Singles Chart[14] | 20 |
| Poland Singles Chart[21] | 8 |
| Portugal Singles Chart[14] | 31 |
| Singapore Singles Chart[22] | 3 |
| Slovenia Singles Chart | 10 |
| Sweden Singles Chart[14] | 6 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart[14] | 9 |
| United Kingdom Singles Chart[14] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[23] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[23] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[23] | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[23] | 3 |
| United World Chart[14] | 5 |
References
- ^ noticiasmusicais.radioativohits.com. "Top 50 Downloads from September 18 to September 25". Retrieved September 28 2007.
- ^ Chart Beat
- ^ BBC Music. "Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 ". Retrieved 2007-12-27
- ^ ultimate-guitar.com. "Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' Is Number One". Retrieved July 29 2007.
- ^ 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
- ^ spaff.com. "Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah"
- ^ The FuMP. "Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah"
- ^ cinemablend.com. "Parody Offers Delilah's Legal Response"
- ^ The Dr. Demento Show #07-52 - December 30, 2007
- ^ The Mad Music Show, Episode #88, August 5, 2007
- ^ Mad Music Demented Top 20, Episode 07-49, December 14, 2007
- ^ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=RXlX5t1K6X0 YouTube Video "Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah"
- ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Assocation
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah - Music Charts
- ^ Hot100Brasil
- ^ Czech Singles Chart
- ^ euro200.eu
- ^ Ibero América Singles Chart
- ^ Italian Singles Chart
- ^ Netherlands Antilles Singles Top 40
- ^ Poland Singles Chart
- ^ Singapore Singles Chart
- ^ a b c d Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Plain White T's