{"id":195972,"date":"2025-12-17T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195972\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:57:12","slug":"she-him-debuts-on-hot-100-with-2008s-i-thought-i-saw-your-face-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195972\/","title":{"rendered":"She & Him Debuts on Hot 100 With 2008’s ‘I Thought I Saw Your Face Today’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShe & Him<\/a>, the indie-folk duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, debut on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> for the first time this week, thanks to their 2008 song \u201cI Thought I Saw Your Face Today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tOriginally released on the pair\u2019s debut album, Volume One, in March 2008, the track debuts at No. 99 on the chart (dated Dec. 20) with 5 million official U.S. streams in Dec. 5-11 \u2014 up 35% week-over-week \u2014 according to Luminate. The resurgence<\/a> has been fueled by a viral TikTok trend in which users pair the wistful breakup ballad to sentimental clips from movies and TV shows, nature montages and sports highlight reels.<\/p>\n

\n\t(Older songs showing meaningful gains can appear on the Hot 100 if in the chart\u2019s top 50, with those without significant chart history eligible<\/a> to debut at any rank, as considered individually.)<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile She & Him never scored a major chart single during the duo\u2019s late-2000s heyday, the pair became a cultural fixture thanks to its twee ballads and stripped-down covers of pop standards.<\/p>\n

\n\tVolume One became the duo\u2019s first chart entry when it debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200<\/a> in April 2008; it peaked at No. 71 the following week. The pair has since charted four additional projects: Volume Two (No. 6, 2010), A Very She & Him Christmas (No. 12, 2011), Volume Three (No. 15, 2013) and Classics (No. 41, 2014).<\/p>\n

\n\tA Very She & Him Christmas, a collection of festive covers, has proven particularly durable, returning to Billboard\u2019s Top Holiday Albums chart multiple times since its 2011 release.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to this week, She & Him last appeared on Billboard\u2019s charts in 2022 with Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys covers set reached No. 16 on Americana Folk\/Albums and No. 21 on Top Album Sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth Deschanel and M. Ward have solo chart histories outside of She & Him. Deschanel\u2019s \u201cMerry Christmas, Happy New Year,\u201d with Ingrid Michaelson, reached No. 20 on Adult Contemporary in 2021, and her featured appearance on Prince\u2019s \u201cFallinlove2nite\u201d hit No. 29 on Adult R&B Airplay in 2014. The latter appeared in an episode of New Girl, starring Deschanel, while Prince appeared in a guest role on the sitcom.<\/p>\n

\n\tM. Ward has charted four albums on the Billboard 200: Post-War (No. 146, 2006), Hold Time (No. 31, 2009), A Wasteland Companion (No. 21, 2012) and More Rain (No. 128, 2016). He earned his first solo radio hit in 2020, when \u201cUnreal City\u201d reached No. 35 on Adult Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tM. Ward was also a member of the folk supergroup Monsters of Folk alongside My Morning Jacket\u2019s Jim James, Bright Eyes\u2019 Coner Oberst and Mike Mogis, and Will Johnson. The band\u2019s only release, its self-titled set, reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 in 2009, while single \u201cSay Please\u201d peaked at No. 20 on Adult Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n


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