From: euclid@NOSPAMTHANKSshaw.ca   
      
   On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:12:57 +0100, Gavin   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:33:20 GMT, Steve B    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>It was done for the movie "Donnie Darko" and recently grew in   
   >>popularity when it was used in the commercial for the Playstation   
   >>game, "Gears of War".   
   >   
   >Xbox 360 game actually. Oooooh, feels good to stretch the pedant   
   >muscles!   
      
   I stand corrected.  :)   
      
   >Anyway. The song was very effective in it's initial use in Donnie   
   >Darko. But then about three years later it gets released as a   
   >Christmas single (and gets Christmas number 1), and everybody acts   
   >like it's an amazing new song. I was like, "Yeah it was cool three   
   >damn years ago, when I watched Donnie Darko, like you should have!"   
      
   Interesting.  I didn't know that it had become a hit in the UK.  As   
   far as I know, it made the jump from Donnie Darko obscurity directly   
   to the Gears of War campaign.  I'm pretty sure it never got any   
   ariplay over here.   
      
   -Steve   
      
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