Have you ever wondered whether the story and girl behind the song “Hey There Delilah” was real? Well, the girl is real, but the story in the song is somewhat conjured up. And yep, the girl’s name really is Delilah.

Five years ago, Delilah DiCrescenzo, now 24, met Tom Higgenson, the lead singer for the band Plain White T’s. Tom was “smitten” with Delilah at the time of the encounter and vowed to write a song about her in the future. Well, fast forward 5 years and “Hey There Delilah”, although not a very new song, has surprisingly and suddenly taken the world by storm. This past summer, you couldn’t go anywhere to escape this simple song.

From the Today Show:

Higgenson and his band played the song for years at club dates and concerts, and it became a favorite with their fans. But it wasn’t until last summer that it broke out into the mainstream and began climbing the charts until it was the nation’s top single. That was when Higgenson performed the song on TODAY and told Ann Curry the story of unrequited love that had inspired it.

DiCrescenzo, meanwhile, remained all but anonymous. A graduate of Columbia University, she had returned to her native Chicago to work. A good but not great runner in high school and college, she gave the 3,000-meter steeplechase a try in 2006 and found that she was good enough in the grueling race to think about trying to make the Olympic team this year. To pursue that dream, she moved to Conshohocken, Pa., where she trains full-time while working as an assistant track and cross-country coach at Bryn Mawr.

Also…ROFL. Watch the video to hear Matt Lauer read out the lyrics to “Hey There Delilah”. HILARIOUS! Haha, hearing Matt Lauer reading the lyrics just made my day. Here’s a clearer photo of Delilah running.

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