White Flag (song)

White Flag (song)

Infobox Single
Name = White Flag


Artist = Dido
from Album = Life for Rent
Released = flagicon|UK September 1 2003
Format = CD single
Length = 4:01 (Album version)
3:40 (Radio edit)
Genre = Pop
Label = BMG
Writer = Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, & Rick Nowels
Producer = Rollo Armstrong & Dido Armstrong
Last single = "Feels Like Fire" (2003)
This single = "White Flag" (2003)
Next single = "Life for Rent" (2003)

"White Flag" is a song by Dido, released as the lead single from her second album, "Life for Rent".

The single fared very well, peaking at number one in Australia, Germany and the United World Chart, the UK, France, and in the U.S.

"White Flag" is the biggest hit of Dido's career. It is considered one of her signature songs, and helped "Life for Rent" sell over ten million copies worldwide. The song is at 22 on the United World Chart's Top Achiever's Top 50, with 6,676,000 sold. [ [http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-track-achievements.htm Global Track Chart ] ]

The song was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance on the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, losing to "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera.

The video for the song features an appearance by actor David Boreanaz.

Charts

Popular culture

*White Flag was featured in the second episode of Smallville's third season, "Phoenix".
*German singer, Bill Kaulitz listens to White Flag when he has to write a song.
*The song was featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2.

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