Hey There Delilah - wikipedia Hey There Delilah `` Hey There Delilah '' 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 ( US ) Format CD single, digital download Recorded Started between January 20, 2003 - April 26, 2003, ended on October 17, 2005 Genre Folk pop Length 3 : 52 Label Hollywood, Fearless Songwriter ( s ) Tom Higgenson Producer ( s ) Ariel Rechtshaid, Sean O'Keefe Plain White T 's singles chronology `` Take Me Away '' ( 2005 ) `` Hey There Delilah '' ( 2006 ) `` Hate ( I Really Do n't Like You ) '' ( 2006 ) `` Take Me Away '' ( 2005 ) `` Hey There Delilah '' ( 2006 ) `` Hate ( I Really Do n't Like You ) '' ( 2006 ) `` Hey There Delilah '' is a song by American rock band 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 No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2007. The song was featured in television shows such as Journeyman, I Love the New Millennium, Orange Is the New Black, and Family Guy. Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Release 3 Music video 4 Critical reaction 5 Charts and certifications 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 5.3 Decade - end charts 5.4 Certifications 6 Release history 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Background and writing The song is from the Plain White T 's ' 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 written and performed by Eric Remschneider augmenting the original recording. The song was written by frontman Tom Higgenson after meeting Delilah DiCrescenzo, a nationally ranked American steeplechase and cross country runner. Release 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 No. 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, and to date, only number one single. It also reached number two in the UK. The song ended 2007 as the year 's 14th biggest - selling single in the UK. 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. Music video The video was directed by Jay Martin. It features the band 's lead singer, Tom Higgenson, singing the song while the band members are in another room behind him. The other band members are not playing in the song. The only other instruments are the strings provided by Eric Remschneider, who does not appear in the video. In a split screen it shows Delilah, not the singer 's girlfriend, played by model Melissa McNelis, who attends college 1000 miles away in New York City. She walks around the city, presumably, from a class to her job. Critical reaction Time magazine named `` Hey There Delilah '' one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at No. 7. 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. '' Allmusic positively compared the song to `` Thirteen '' by Big Star. The song was a double 2008 Grammy Award nominee, for Song of the Year ( won by Amy Winehouse ) and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ( won by Maroon 5 ). The real Delilah attended the Grammy Award show that year as the guest of Tom Higgenson, the song 's writer. On VH1 's Top 40 Videos of 2007, `` Hey There Delilah '' was No. 8, ahead of `` If Everyone Cared '' by Nickelback and behind `` Say It Right '' by Nelly Furtado. VH1 also had the song at No. 78 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the ' 00s. The band was featured on Sesame Street in 2008 with the song `` I 'm the Letter T '' ( to the tune of `` Hey There Delilah '' ). Higgenson provided the vocals for the computer animated Letter T who sings the spoof. When asked if he was excited, Higgenson responded, `` Yeah, hello ! It 's a dream. But it 's just my voice. There 's going to be some Muppet singing it on the screen. '' Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2006 - 08 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) 29 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) Czech Republic ( Rádio Top 100 ) Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 21 Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Germany ( Airplay Chart ) Italy ( FIMI ) 14 Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 8 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 9 Norway ( VG - lista ) 15 Slovakia ( Rádio Top 100 ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 6 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 9 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks US Billboard Pop 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 2007 ) Rank Australia ( ARIA ) 21 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 37 Belgium ( Ultratop Flanders ) 38 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 23 Ireland ( IRMA ) 5 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 15 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 34 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 63 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 54 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 14 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 20 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 10 Chart ( 2008 ) Rank Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 73 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 98 Decade - end charts Chart ( 2000 -- 2009 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 97 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Platinum 70,000 Canada ( Music Canada ) 3 × Platinum 120,000 Denmark ( IFPI Denmark ) Gold 7,500 Germany ( BVMI ) Gold 150,000 Italy ( FIMI ) Gold 25,000 New Zealand ( RMNZ ) Gold 7,500 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 600,000 United States ( RIAA ) 4 × Platinum 4,476,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone Release history Country Release date United States 9 May 2006 ( 2006 - 05 - 09 ) Worldwide 30 August 2007 ( 2007 - 08 - 30 ) See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 2007 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 Jump up ^ Mervis, Scott ( 12 December 2013 ). `` Review : O Starry Night show big on hits, low on production ''. 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External links `` Hey There Delilah '' music video on YouTube Plain White T 's Studio albums Come On Over Stop All That We Needed Every Second Counts Big Bad World Wonders of the Younger American Nights Extended plays Should 've Gone to Bed Singles `` Hey There Delilah '' `` Hate ( I Really Do n't Like You ) '' `` Our Time Now '' `` Natural Disaster '' `` 1, 2, 3, 4 '' `` Rhythm of Love '' `` Should 've Gone to Bed '' Related articles Discography `` Little Miss Obsessive '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hey_There_Delilah&oldid=809861974 '' Categories : 2006 singles Plain White T 's songs Billboard Hot 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 Hollywood Records singles Song recordings produced by Ariel Rechtshaid 2005 songs Songs about women Folk ballads Pop ballads 2000s ballads Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) CS1 Danish - language sources ( da ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Wallonia Singlechart usages for Czech Republic Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Denmark Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Italy Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Slovakia Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for Denmark Certification Table Entry usages for Germany Certification Table Entry usages for Italy Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Esperanto Français Հայերեն Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Suomi Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 11 November 2017, at 22 : 58. 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Question: when did the song hey there delilah come out
Answer: May 9, 2006