Soul Meets Body

Single infobox
Name = Soul Meets Body


Artist = Death Cab for Cutie
from Album = Plans
Released = October 10, 2005
Format = CD
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop, Indie rock
Length = 3:50
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Chris Walla
Last single = "Title and Registration"
(2004)
This single = "Soul Meets Body"
(2005)
Next single = "Crooked Teeth"
(2006)

"Soul Meets Body" is a single by Washington-based indie rock band, Death Cab for Cutie, released October 10, 2005. It was the first single from the group's 2005 album "Plans", their first collaboration with Atlantic Records. The song peaked at number 5 on the U.S. Modern Rock Track chart.cite web| last = | first = | title = Soul Meets Body - Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart position | publisher = "Billboard" | url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=377&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Modern+Rock+Tracks&ci=3062880&cdi=8495540&cid=12%2F03%2F2005| accessdate = 2008-07-30]

Release and reception

"Soul Meets Body" charted for 14 weeks in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 5, and 18 weeks in the "Billboard" Hot 100, where it peaked at number 60.cite web| last = | first = | title = Soul Meets Body - "Billboard" Hot 100 chart position | publisher = "Billboard" | url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3063999&cdi=8536876&cid=02%2F04%2F2006| accessdate = 2008-07-30]

Critical reception

Tom Woods of musicOMH.com, said features such as "jangling acoustic guitar strumming throughout, and a wonderfully upbeat rhythm accompanying lyrics of loss and wonderment" gave the song a "distinct" resemblance to REM's song, "Losing My Religion". [cite web| last = Woods| first = Tom| title = Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body (Atlantic) | publisher = musicOMH.com| url =http://www.musicomh.com/singles/death-cab-for-cutie-2_0905.htm| accessdate = 2008-07-31| date=] Virgin Media, however, said the song was "slightly academic indie with a hint of Idlewild and Snow Patrol about it". [cite web| last = | first = | title = Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body review | publisher = Virgin Media| url =http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/deathcabforcutie_soulmeetsbody.php| accessdate = 2008-08-01| date=]

"Drowned in Sound" writer, Mike Diver, stated that "Soul Meets Body" has "tender, lovelorn lyrics that anyone over the age of ten can relate to coupled with the kind of shimmering indie-pop that a thousand imitators have failed to fully master [...] It says both everything to the listener and a whole lot of nothing at all, its perception entirely dependent on the type of ear bending its way." Diver finished the review by describing the song as being "sourced from a central vein yielding little else of value", an element that "leaves a bitter aftertaste that lingers long after the sound of silence settles." [cite web| last = Diver| first = Mike| title = Death Cab For Cutie: Soul Meets Body | publisher = "Drowned in Sound"| url =http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/6715| accessdate = 2008-07-31| date=]

Track listing

# "Soul Meets Body"
# "Jealousy Rides With Me"

Chart positions

References