“White Flag” by Dido

"White Flag" led the way for Life for Rent, Dido's second studio album, reaching American radio on 7 July 2003 and British shops that September. Dido wrote the words, shares the music credit with Rick Nowels and Roland Armstrong, and produced it with Rollo; Nowels plays guitar and keyboards, Mark Bates piano and Rusty Anderson electric guitar, P*Nut covers bass and drums, and Ash Howes recorded and mixed it.

It went to number one in seven countries, Germany, Italy and Australia among them, stopped at number two at home and reached 18 on the Hot 100. Joseph Kahn's video cast David Boreanaz as her love interest. It picked up a Grammy nomination, won Best British Single at the 2004 Brit Awards, and Blender later ranked it 317th on its 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.