The original version is being played to death on the radio and was inspired by an unrequited love story between Plain White T’s singer Tom Higgenson and Delilah DiCrescenzo, a Columbia University graduate, and steeplechase runner training for the 2008 Olympic trials.
There was never a relationship between Tom Higgenson and DiCrescenzo, but Tom was inspired to write a song about her soon after they were introduced by a mutual friend:
“There was never anything between us. It was kind of funny — kind of sad, actually. The story of my life… I thought she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I told her, ‘I have a song about you already.’ Obviously, there was no song. But I thought it was smooth...” ”
It took over a year for Tom to write the song. However, the real life Delilah, who wasn’t interested in Tom because she was already in a relationship, was not sure how to deal with the pressure of having a song written about her:
This spoof had me chuckling over my cornflakes 
Cheers,
SD
