Here with Me (Dido song)

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"Here with Me"
Here with Me (Dido song) coverart.jpg
Single by Dido
from the album No Angel
Released17 May 1999 (1999-05-17)
Studio Swanyard (London, England)
Length
  • 4:15 (album version)
  • 4:05 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dido singles chronology
"Here with Me"
(1999)		"Don't Think of Me"
(2000)
Music video
"Here with Me" on YouTube

"Here with Me" is the debut single of English singer-songwriter Dido. It was the first single she released from her 1999 debut studio album, No Angel . The song was written about her then-boyfriend Bob Page. The single was released on 17 May 1999 in the United States but was not released in the United Kingdom until February 2001, serving as Dido's debut single in her home country. [1] In other territories, it was issued as the album's second single, following "Thank You". Shortly after its release, "Here with Me" was used as the theme song for the American science fiction television programme Roswell (1999–2002).

Contents

"Here with Me" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Dido's second consecutive top-five single, following "Stan", a collaboration with Eminem that incorporated, in sample form, the first verse of "Thank You". The single also became a top-five hit in France, Hungary, New Zealand, and Portugal, and it peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in October 2000. In Australia, the track reached number one on the ARIA Hitseekers Chart following Dido's live performance at the 2001 ARIA Awards. [2]

Music videos

Two distinct music videos were produced for the track. The first version was filmed in 1999, and released to the American market. The American version was directed by Big TV! and uses footage of the singer rendered in sepia tones. Dido later stated that she hoped to record a new video for international release.[ citation needed ]

The second version, shot in full color and directed by Liz Friedlander, was released in May 2000. This became the video released to the British and European markets; the music video for the international version was filmed in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Synopsis

The synopsis for the second version of the video begins with Dido wearing all blue clothing shooting a scene in all blue coloured bedroom set. After finishing filming she cleans herself up and takes a long walk on the streets in Downtown, Toronto. After stopping at a coffee shop to buy herself some coffee Dido immediately drops it and continues walking the streets alone thus dropping her coat in the process.

The video ends with Dido letting herself in at an apartment, where she finds a man asleep and then lies next to him in his bed before the shot zooms out to reveal itself to be a photograph with Dido back in her blue clothes and bedroom set again holding it, then turns it over and pushes it against her chest.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes and the No Angel album booklet. [3] [9]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [48] Gold250,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [49] Gold400,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States17 May 1999 Arista [50]
7 June 1999 [51]
27 July 1999 Contemporary hit radio [52]
United States (re-release)8 August 2000 [53]
United Kingdom12 February 2001CD
 [54]
Sweden19 February 2001 [55]
France23 April 2001 [48]
Australia11 June 2001 [56]
Japan20 June 2001
  • Arista
  • BMG
 [57]

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