Women Behind the Songs: 'Hey There Delilah'

Delilah DiCrescenzo
From Plain White T's' 'Hey There Delilah' (2006)

Plain White T's frontman Tom Higginson wrote this ode to Columbia University steeplechase runner Delilah DiCrescenzo. He fell for Delilah and told her he'd written a tune about her, then quickly backed off when she asked to hear the song, which didn't exist yet. By the time he got around to penning the ditty, Delilah was long gone. She has since weighed in, saying, "Part of me wants to scream at the top of my lungs that it's about me. Another part of me wants to cower and say it's not."

from : http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/03/women-behind-the-songs-hey-there-delilah/