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Dido wrote the song as a tribute to her boyfriend, entertainment lawyer Bob Page; they got engaged in 2001 but split the following year. It remains Dido's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and her only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. "White Flag", which features on her second album Life For Rent, is about their split.
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