"" is a song by
Washington Rock Band Death Cab For Cutie . It was released on the group's
2005 album
Plans , their first collaboration with
Atlantic Records , and was that album's first
Single . The band based the track on a demo
Ben Gibbard created from sampled sounds. The song stands out from many other Death Cab for Cutie works in its prominent featuring of the
Mandolin .
"Soul Meets Body" was played live on ''Last Laugh '05'', a comedy special on Comedy Central summarizing 2005. The song's video, directed by
Jon Watts , features frontman
Ben Gibbard walking through a forest, singing the first verse of the song. He arrives at a small wooden cabin, joining the rest of the band, and they perform the remainder of the song together. Meanwhile, living musical notes that rose out of the ground as Gibbard walked past them drift aimlessly together through fields and cities. This aspect of the video is reflected in the song's refrain, 'a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere.' Many of these notes 'die' during the video, some getting caught on fences and wires, others captured by children with glass jars, and some simply shown lying in gutters or puddles. The song peaked at #5 on the U.S. Modern Rock tracks chart.
The song was also used as the
Outro for
Loveline throughout
2006 .
