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Such Great Heights is a single released on January 21, 2003 by The Postal Service, under the Sub Pop Records label. The single includes a previously unreleased track “There’s Never Enough Time” and two cover tracks by The Shins and Iron & Wine of “We Will Become Silhouettes” and “Such Great Heights”, respectively.
The tracks were recorded in early 2002, and were written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and include backing vocals in the studio recording by Jen Wood, whose other collaborations include work for The Black Heart Procession and Joan of Arc. It was the first CD released by The Postal Service, and a preview of Give Up, which was released a month later. The cover artwork was designed by Kozyndan.
The title song “Such Great Heights” has exhibited unusual staying power. It has consistently been one of the weekly top 5 most frequently played tracks on social music site Last.fm since the website began, holding the top spot for the majority of 2005. The song’s reign in the top 10 ended in March 2007, when after the release of the Arcade Fire album, Neon Bible, the song did not make it as the top 10 was predominantly songs from Neon Bible. The song was featured on an 2004 episode of Veronica Mars. It has also been used in several television commercials, for organizations such as Ask.com, Kaiser Permanente, Target, UPS and M&M’s. The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2004 film Garden State and the Iron & Wine cover version was featured in the film and its soundtrack. An instrumental version of the song is currently featured as part of UPS’s “Whiteboard” ad campaign, which was launched 6 January 2007, almost four years after the song was officially released.
The tracks were recorded in early 2002, and were written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and include backing vocals in the studio recording by Jen Wood, whose other collaborations include work for The Black Heart Procession and Joan of Arc. It was the first CD released by The Postal Service, and a preview of Give Up, which was released a month later. The cover artwork was designed by Kozyndan.
The title song “Such Great Heights” has exhibited unusual staying power. It has consistently been one of the weekly top 5 most frequently played tracks on social music site Last.fm since the website began, holding the top spot for the majority of 2005. The song’s reign in the top 10 ended in March 2007, when after the release of the Arcade Fire album, Neon Bible, the song did not make it as the top 10 was predominantly songs from Neon Bible. The song was featured on an 2004 episode of Veronica Mars. It has also been used in several television commercials, for organizations such as Ask.com, Kaiser Permanente, Target, UPS and M&M’s. The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2004 film Garden State and the Iron & Wine cover version was featured in the film and its soundtrack. An instrumental version of the song is currently featured as part of UPS’s “Whiteboard” ad campaign, which was launched 6 January 2007, almost four years after the song was officially released.
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terrytots wrote:
makes my heart sing (:
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bourschterhaer wrote:
<3
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AtariZen wrote:
Nice, gentle song. Thoughtful lyrics and a good beat. A rare kind of song!
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criddled wrote:
dntel>ben gibbard
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lemonsoflife wrote:
my sister used to play this song all the time but I just found out what song it was. Sweet I love it a lot
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imoriginal wrote:
The beats are awesome!
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erinbanks wrote:
too beautiful.
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staciekimberly wrote:
definitely an all-time favorite :)
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roflwaffles22 wrote:
<3
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ellienigmatic wrote:
I love this song but the Iron and Wine version is so amazing . . . thank you Garden State.
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the_sweetness wrote:
"I don't give a hoot for owl city. I send my heart via postal service long ago" LOL how great are you?!
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Bl00dLetter9000 wrote:
this song is perfect
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bowillis wrote:
check out the soundtrack for Garden State....how i orig found this track
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RandyGreen wrote:
this song gives me two boners.
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lar1016 wrote:
ben gibbard can do no wrong
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beluli wrote:
can't get enough of this band's psychedelic beats. check out my blogs. thanks ♥ -- www.belolats.com || http://fingersdotcrossed.blogspot.com || www.elusivesilence.com || www.90smixtapejunkie.com ||
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jessbox360 wrote:
if anyone dislikes TPS, they're crazy and i suggest they should jump off the nearest cliff and/or run into 5:00 traffic.
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noellekulei wrote:
WOOOOO
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thetwelve13 wrote:
Such a perfect song.
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eighttwo wrote:
I don't give a hoot for owl city. I send my heart via postal service long ago.
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