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“Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T's
From the album All That We Needed (2005)
“Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T's appears on 18 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album All That We Needed. Its best result is #1 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 2007, #6,028 alternative song of all time and #267 of the '00s.
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"Hey There Delilah" first surfaced in 2005 on All That We Needed, the Plain White T's' third album, and got a second life in 2007 as a single from Every Second Counts, now dressed up with strings. Frontman Tom Higgenson wrote it on his own, and it's about as bare as a hit gets: one guy, an acoustic guitar and a crush sung straight from the heart.
The crush was real. Around 2002 Higgenson met Delilah DiCrescenzo, a runner who competed nationally in the steeplechase and cross country, through a friend, and tried the line that he already had a song about her. He didn't. She turned him down and was seeing someone else, but they stayed in touch, and a year on he had actually written it. It climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2007 and earned two nominations at the 50th Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 11 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 10 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 4 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 14 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 6 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 22 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 41 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 6 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 13 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 1 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
| 2007 | 27 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2007 | 57 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 460 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2010 | 193 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2022 | 314 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2022 | 384 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2025 | 572 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Hey There, Delilah.
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