“You and Me” by Lifehouse

"You and Me" was the first single from Lifehouse, the American alternative rock band's self-titled third album, in 2005, and it's the band turning the volume down: critics noted it was mellower and more stripped-down than any of their earlier singles. Singer Jason Wade wrote it with producer Jude Cole, and John Alagía recorded and produced it in the home studio he keeps in Easton, Maryland.

The hush paid off: it went top five in the US and gold by that May, and finished 2005 as the ninth most downloaded song of the year. The video puts Wade in a train station with a couple, and the song has turned up on Grey's Anatomy, Smallville, Cold Case, The Vampire Diaries and Gavin & Stacey. Billboard later put it first on a Top 40 adult pop list spanning 1996 to 2011.

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