24 Seconds with Plain White T's

Taking the music world by storm in 2007, Plain White T's reached Number One on the pop charts all over the world, selling millions of records and even earning a Grammy nomination with their hit single called, Hey There Delilah.

Joe Leary spent 24 Seconds with lead singer Tom Higgenson.

24: When you have a song that becomes such a phenomenon, do you get to the point personally where when you're driving around and it comes on the radio that you actually punch out?

TH: Not me, but I think Dave, our guitar player is the change the channel guy. I still get a little excited.

24: It's every band's desire to have that one signature tune, but this is not typical of Plain White T's.

TH: A lot of our stuff is more up-tempo, like rock stuff.

We've always done acoustic songs and ballads on every album we've ever had, so I guess that was the one that really just connected with people so you really can't argue with it.

24: Does it ever bother you that it wasn't the song you wanted people to get to know you from?

TH: Whatever song people gravitate toward is okay with us and hopefully that will lead them to go buy the record and hear the rest of our stuff.
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24: Is there really a Delilah out there?

TH: There was, but she was just a girl that I was kind of crushin' on; I thought she was gorgeous but never really got together with her.

I just kind of talked to her and hung out with her a couple of times in New York. It turned into more of a friendship but it started as a crush and that's when I wrote the song.

24: Have you ever really done the long distance relationship?

TH: Yeah and it is tough. That's what the next song '1-2-3-4' is about; it's about a girl I've kind of been dating on and off for the past couple of years so we've been having to deal with that whole long distance thing.

24: You guys are from Chicago. Is it a good live music city?

TH: Oh my God yeah. Growing up, every band that we ever loved and could go see came through town from Pearl Jam to Oasis.

We got to see everything growing up and I definitely think that helped inspire us. Just being surrounded by that definitely helped for sure.

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