Plain White T's

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Plain White T's

Plain White T's are a rock band, originating from Chicago, Illinois, USA. They have had most success with their song, "Hey There Delilah" charting at #1 in two countries, and in many others in the Top 5. In 2008, they received a Grammy nomination for the song.[1]

Biography

Mainstream breakthrough: 2006–present

In 2006, they joined up with Motion City Soundtrack for a Winter/Spring tour. "Hey There Delilah" was first released on their second album "All That We Needed". This was only released on the Hey There Delilah EP - a compilation of b-sides, a live recording, plus music videos. In addition, Hollywood also signed the band in 2006 and they began recording the album, Every Second Counts. The album was released in September, and was preceded by the first single, "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)", and was their first single to chart on the US Billboard charts.

Hollywood re-released "Hey There Delilah" on Every Second Counts in late spring 2007. On July 28, 2007, "Hey There Delilah" became the group's first #1 in the US for two weeks running. After re-releases, the group also claim the #1 in Canada and Germany, followed soon after with a top 5 in Austria, Ireland, Belgium, United Kingdom and Australia and hitting the top 10 in Sweden, World singles, Dutch singles, New Zealand and Swiss singles.

Shortly after their commercial break-through, the band released a third single off Every Second Counts, "Our Time Now" on November 6, 2007 in US and Canada. The band appeared in the third episode of the first season of ABC Family's GRΣΣK performing the songs "Our Time Now" and "Hey There Delilah". They also appeared on the 11th episode of the first season of Nickelodeon's iCarly, performing "Our Time Now". They appeared on 'The Young Wild Things' tour, along with Fall Out Boy, Cute Is What We Aim For and Gym Class Heroes, to promote their new single. "Making a Memory" was featured in a scene from the 2008 flick Prom Night. "Making A Memory" was played for the departing scenes of Katy Fox (Hannah Tointon) in Hollyoaks, soon leading to lots of request for the name of the song on the Official Hollyoaks Forum.[2] [3]

On December 10 the Plain White T's released Hate in the UK. Higgenson stated in an interview that he thought they were bigger in the UK than in the US. They released "Our Time Now" in the UK in early April 2008, this was followed with promotion via Television appearances.

According to Billboard, the band is writing new songs. They will be recording in between festivals and shows in April - July 2008. They will be taking part in the 'Give it a Name Festival' in the UK in May. The new album is expected to be released in October - November 2008, however a single will be released before hand, to promote the album, this is expected to be released in September - October 2008. Directcurrentmusic.com reports that the new, as yet untitled new album has an official (though tentative) release date of September 23, 2008. The album is called Big Bad World. Songs that have been confirmed include 'Natural Disaster', '1, 2, 3, 4', 'Serious Mistake', and 'Big Bad World'.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label U.S. UK AUS
2000 Come on Over Self-Released — — —
2002 Stop Self-Released then re-released on Fearless Records — — —
2005 All That We Needed Fearless Records — — —
2006 Every Second Counts Hollywood 10 3 45
2008 Big Bad World [4] Hollywood

EPs

Compilation appearances

Other songs

  • Xoxofufu
  • 2 Months
  • Let's Pretend
  • To Be With You Tonight

Singles

Year Song U.S.
Hot
100 		U.S.
Pop
100 		U.S. Modern Rock Hot Digital Songs UK GER NZ CAN AUS Album
2004 "All That We Needed" — — — — — — — — — All That We Needed
2005 "Take Me Away" — — — — — — — — —
2006 "Hey There Delilah" — — — — — — — — —
"Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" 68 61 25 48 53 — — — — Every Second Counts
2007 "Hey There Delilah" (re-release) 1 1 3 1 2 3 9 5 3
"Our Time Now" 90 66 29 — — — — — 37
2008 "Natural Disaster" — — — — — — — — — Big Bad World

Guest appearances

Year Song Album
2007 "Recluse"
(Stacy Clark featuring Plain White T's) 		Apples and Oranges
2008 "Little Miss Obsessive"
(Ashlee Simpson featuring Tom Higgenson) 		Bittersweet World

Television

  • Greek - The band provides Our Time Now as the theme for commercials and trailers for the show. They appear playing the song as well as "Hey There Delilah" in the episode "The Rusty Nail". They also play the songs "Friends Don't let Friends Dial Drunk" and "Making A Memory" in the episode "Friday Night Frights". Two members of the band also appear in the episode "The Great Cappie" as members of the Kappa Tau frat house.
  • iCarly - The band appears as a special guest for the webshow in the episode iRue the Day, singing their song Our Time Now.
  • "Making A Memory" was featured in the final episode to feature Katy Fox (Hannah Tointon) in the soap Hollyoaks,symbolizing what should be happening rather than what was happening.

Awards

2008

Grammy Awards

  • Song Of The Year for "Hey There Delilah" - Nominated
  • Best Pop Performance by a Group for "Hey There Delilah" - Nominated

2007

Teen Choice Award

  • Choice Summer Song for "Hey There Delilah" - Winner

2006

mtvU Woodie Award

  • The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist) - Winner

References

  1. ^ Grammy.com: 2008 Nominations and Winners
  2. ^ What is that song?!?!? - Topic Powered by eve community
  3. ^ song please help - Topic Powered by eve community
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827216
  5. ^ Amazon.com: Disneymania, Vol. 6: Various Artists: Music

External links

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