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  • I Will Follow You into the Dark

    Chris Hill posted on April 06, 2013 21:02

    Get the hankies ready. 

    Warning: Moving bass line can trick you on the chord changes! Original is fingerpicked, still sounds great strummed.

    Bonus points if you can tell Ben Gibbard (Death Cab) apart from Colin Meloy (The Decemberists). Separated at birth! Although, come to think of it, I've never seen them in the same room together.

    "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the third single from their fifth album Plans, released on August 30, 2005.

    Written and performed by Ben Gibbard, it is an acoustic solo ballad. Nearing age 29, Gibbard had never lost anyone really special in his life. Growing older during an ideal and comfortable time of his life led him to begin obsessing over death, the afterlife, and the weight of his relationships. He started to take stock of the importance of the people in his life and felt a need to say something about it, writing the song to deal with his problems of focusing on life by expanding his scope to include death and what comes afterward. The single was released on Atlantic Records, becoming one of Death Cab for Cutie's lowest-charting singles, peaking number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks, number 66 on the UK Singles Chart and failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; however, "I Will Follow You into the Dark" was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is the band's best-selling single to-date. Despite charting lower than other singles, the single is still one of the band's most played songs on commercial radio stations. The song's popularity has led it to be featured in a various television shows and movies, and has been covered by numerous artists.

    *****REVISED/REFORMATTED AUGUST 28, 2019 - SR*****

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Comments

Sharon Baird
# Sharon Baird
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 7:20 AM
never heard this before, but it's beautiful!

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