Thank You (Dido song)

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"Thank You"

Single by Dido
from the album No Angel
Released	2001 (U.S.)
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop
Length	3:38
Label	BMG
Writer(s)	Florian "Dido" Armstrong Paul Herman
Producer(s)	Roland "Rollo" Armstrong Florian "Dido" Armstrong
Chart positions
#3 (United Kingdom, United States) #22 (Canada)
Dido singles chronology
"Here With Me" (2001)	"Thank You" (2001)	"Hunter / Take My Hand" (2001)

"Thank You" was the second single by Dido, which was released in June 2001. It is the singer's biggest hit off her debut album, No Angel. Samples from the track were featured on the song "Stan" by Eminem; a rare example of a song becoming a hit after a track which sampled it.

1 Chart performance
2 Song information
- 2.1 Track Listings
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Chart performance

"Thank You" reached a peak position of #3 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Dido's first, and only so far, top five single in the United States.

In the UK Singles Chart, "Thank You" also reached a peak position of #3, becoming the singer's second top five single released off No Angel in the United Kingdom. It was Dido's biggest single in the UK, until "White Flag" was released.

After it became the biggest hit single for Dido in both countries, the song is often recognized as her signature song, as mentioned by J.D. on the Scrubs "My Common Enemy" episode.

[edit] Song information

[edit] Track Listings

Thank You (Album Version)
Thank You (Deep Dish Vocal)
Thank You (Skinny Mix)
Thank You (CD-Rom Video)

[edit] Trivia

Dido wrote this song herself as a tribute to her boyfriend Bob, they got engaged in 2001 but this engagement did not last long and they broke apart next year. She also wrote song "White Flag" for their split in her second album Life For Rent.

"Thank You" song was initially released as single, later on it was included in her debut album No Angel.

"Thank You" made its first appearance in 1998, in the soundtrack of Sliding Doors, although it only became a hit three years later.

In an interview on BBC Radio 3 in 2005 Katharine Worsley, Duchess of Kent, who, after relinquishing royal duties, worked as a classical music teacher, chose Thank You as one of her favourite pieces.