About this song
- "Thank You" is a song by singer-songwriter Dido. The song made its first appearance in 1998 on the soundtrack of the movie Sliding Doors. It was later included on Dido's 1999 debut album, No Angel, and was released as the second single to the album on September 18, 2000. The same year, rapper Eminem heavily sampled the song on "Stan", which helped propel Thank You and No Angel to mainstream success. She also appeared in the video for the song and is credited as a feature on it. Dido wrote the song about her boyfriend at the time, Bob Page, who she had met in 1995. Lyrically, the song focuses on themes of depression, but lines such as "your picture on the wall reminds me that it's not so bad" suggests that love and romance can bring reassurance and encouragement during dark periods for individuals. The song first appeared during the end credits of the 1998 movie Sliding Doors. A year following the song's inclusion in the soundtrack for the movie, it was included on Dido's debut album, No Angel. In 2000, Eminem sampled the opening verse of "Thank You" on his single "Stan" from his third album 'Marshall Mathers LP' after he heard the song on the soundtrack album for Sliding Doors, which was given to him by one of his associates. As a result of this early success, by 2001, Dido was credited as being "the world's best-selling female music star". Thank You debuted at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of January 13, 2001. It reached the chart's top 10 on the week of March 31, 2001, jumping from #12 to #6, giving Dido her first top 10 single on the Hot 100. Thank You rose to its peak of #3, giving Dido her highest-charting single in the US.It held its peak for 3 weeks between April & May 2001, before slipping to #6 the week of May 19, 2001. Thank You ranked at #8 on the Billboard Year-End list of 2001. It additionally reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, Dance Club Play, and Maxi-Singles Sales charts. On the Adult Contemporary chart, Thank You experienced a chart first when it tied Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" at #1 on the week of September 1, 2001. Because the same number of radio stations were airing the 2 singles, and because both songs had lost detections that week, a third tiebreaker was invoked: the smallest decrease in radio plays. Thank You lost 15 plays compared to the 125 plays that "There You'll Be" lost, so Thank You ascended to the top spot. On other Billboard charts, Thank You peaked at #3 on the Triple-A chart and #2 on the Mainstream Top 40. In June 2006, the RIAA awarded the song a gold certification for selling over 500,000 digital copies in the US alone. The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers, and released in January 2001. It follows the result of Dido having not paid her bills, with the government coming to demolish down her house as a result. The police put an eviction notice on her door and movers start moving her furniture out. Dido is seen singing the song. In contrast, it could also be suggested that Dido is being evicted as a result of construction work ongoing surrounding her home, as the video shows her house situated within a construction site with high rise buildings beside it, appearing out of place. During the first chorus of the song, Dido has a cup of tea whilst movers pile her belongings by an outside wall, and a mover steps on flowers in her front yard. In the end, she is escorted out of her home, her home is demolished, she leaves behind most of her belongings, and walks away with just her shoulder bag, an umbrella, and a hair dryer. By the end of the video, it confirms that her house is actually being demolished for redevelopment, and not because she has not paid her bills as was initially suggested at the beginning of the video. The confirmation that her home is being demolished as a result of regeneration and construction work comes from the fact her home is sandwiched between two large skyscrapers. VEVO released an acoustic version of the song in December 2012, and a live concert version was released in August 2016. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Thank You" is a song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Dido. The song made its first appearance in 1998 on the soundtrack of the movie Sliding Doors. It was later included on Dido's 1999 debut album, No Angel, and was released as a single on 18 September 2000. — wikipedia
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