Like Tom, I'm from the Chicago area. I ran for a Catholic high school in Burbank, IL, and I had a solid resume -- made it to the state championships all four years in track, and in cross country three of those years. But I didn't have a ton of success early on at Columbia. I struggled with juggling life, school and running. After graduating in , I pursued professional running, and it took me a while to find my way. The song found its way to my doorstep the previous Christmas, when I was home for break.
Tom came by to drop off the CD. He said, "Don't listen to it until I leave. I couldn't believe he followed through! My brother Nick and I listened to it together in the basement -- probably not the romantic image Tom envisioned for my first listen.
But we were blown away. My first thought: "Oh no! Did I lead Tom on? I was with Will. I'm still with Will to this day. Tom and I had a friendly relationship and I wondered if he misconstrued my actions.
He put so much effort into the song. I felt guilty, like, "I'm such a wench! It was flattering, though. The song is catchy, melodic. It's very romantic. It means something to everybody -- especially for anybody who ever yearned for someone. But it's so specific. It mentions New York City. It names me. It's named after me. For a while, it was our secret. The song [released in ] didn't get good airplay until Then it took off, eventually reaching No.
That's when the questions came: Is this a true story? Does Delilah actually exist? I didn't want the spotlight. I was nervous that I'd let Tom's fans down.
The tender tune that high-schoolers learned to play on their acoustic guitars to stage grand promposals was not, in fact, about a real couple. How can I finish this story out in a way that stays true to that beginning? Delilah, meanwhile, had a boyfriend. The singing just got louder. The label's president came to their show, saw the crowd swoon over "Delilah," and was puzzled.
It's not on the record. Hollywood snagged the rights to "Delilah," re-released it as a bonus single, and poured a ton of cash into its promo. The beloved Myspace gem morphed into a multi-platinum chart-topper , and the Grammys came knocking with nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. They lost to Amy Winehouse and Maroon 5, respectively. To Higgenson, it felt like fate, because he once joked to DiCrescenzo that he'd take her to the awards show.
When the song first hit mainstream radio, he had a girlfriend, and she was still with her boyfriend — but there was one brief moment when they were both single. Skip to content. Who was Phil Spector married to? Prerna Nambiar. Have something to tell us about this article? Let us know. Tom Higgenson, the singer and guitarist of Plain White T's, never dated Delilah, but he was inspired to write the song in after the pair met through a mutual friend earlier that year.
Though the lyrics of the track imply that the singer had a long-distance relationship with a woman named Delilah, that wasn't the case. In fact, Delilah was actually in a relationship with someone else when she met the singer, and she was never interested in Tom romantically. She was a distance runner at the Ivy League university, and she majored in sociology.
He later told her that he had written the song with the intention of showing his romantic interest. Though the circumstances surrounding the song are a bit creepier than listeners may have originally suspected, Delilah attended the Grammy Awards with the band when they were nominated for Song of the Year they lost to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab".
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