Plain White T's began their life as emo-tinged pop-punkers but it was a ballad that brought them stardom. "Hey There Delilah" turned into a smash hit in 2007, rocketing to the top of Billboard's charts and defining the group as a melodic mainstream group, yet their earliest records and subsequent albums showed how Plain White T's spent as much time playing highly charged punk-influenced rock as they did anthemic ballads.