Soul Meets Body
2005 single by Death Cab for Cutie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Soul Meets Body" is a song recorded by the American rock band Death Cab for Cutie for their fifth studio album Plans (2005). It was released as the lead single from Plans in 2005, through Atlantic Records. Death Cab for Cutie emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early aughts and built a following with its confessional lyricism and straightforward indie rock sound. "Soul Meets Body" was their first single for Atlantic, the major label with which they signed in 2004. The song is thematically existential, examining the intersection of soul and body though a relationship metaphor.
"Soul Meets Body" | ||||
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Single by Death Cab for Cutie | ||||
from the album Plans | ||||
Released | 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
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Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ben Gibbard | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Walla | |||
Death Cab for Cutie singles chronology | ||||
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Singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard wrote the song, while guitarist Chris Walla produced the track. The song's music video depicts Gibbard wandering through a mysterious forest where musical notes lift out of plants. "Soul Meets Body" became the band's first hit single; it hit number one on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart, and the top five of the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. It was their first to cross over to the all-genre Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 60. The song has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies.[1]