Flyleaf - "All Around Me"
Jun 21, 2008 22:10:08 GMT -5
Post by musicfanpete on Jun 21, 2008 22:10:08 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one has started a thread on this! Just a quick backstory on this song. To make a long story short, the lead singer of this band, Lacey Mosley, turned her life around when her grandmother dragged her to church as a teenager. Her life in a poor household with her single mother and siblings led to her and her family moving around a lot. After having been kicked out of her mom's house to live with her grandmother, and fed up with this way of life, she got involved in drugs and threatened suicide in her early teens, but the church saved her. This resulted in her quitting drugs and forming this band (after some shuffling around in other bands). The result has been songs that are reflective of her life experiences and her faith in God (she has been an active Christian for almost fifteen years).
Having listened to "All Around Me" so many times, I still get chills just listening to the powerful lyrics accompanied by that great melody, knowing that these lyrics are reflective of all of the pain and suffering she had been through, and just how thankful she is for having the chance to turn her life around! This band is not faking it, unlike so many other musical acts these days, and that's what makes this song so powerful for me. I feel so happy Lacey, and the fact that she gives so much hope for people in the world who desparately need it.
On to the chart performance of the song itself, this song was a major hit on the Christian charts in 2006, and a big hit on the mainstream alternative charts last year. So this song has been around for awhile, but has found a new audience in CHR and Hot AC radio this year. This song looks like it peaked at #15 on the CHR charts within the past couple of weeks, and may be near its peak at Hot AC. It is currently #28 on Hot AC, but should be #27 by tomorrow evening after "Say" by John Mayer is removed to recurrent status. It is still at a +70 gain in plays from last week, but it has a big gap behind the song right in front of it, so I don't know how much higher this song might get.
Sorry to keep rambling, but it is so great to see a song with such a positive message crossover to such a large audience! Hopefully this song will encourage others in the same boat to realize that there is hope no matter how bleak things may look. :)
Having listened to "All Around Me" so many times, I still get chills just listening to the powerful lyrics accompanied by that great melody, knowing that these lyrics are reflective of all of the pain and suffering she had been through, and just how thankful she is for having the chance to turn her life around! This band is not faking it, unlike so many other musical acts these days, and that's what makes this song so powerful for me. I feel so happy Lacey, and the fact that she gives so much hope for people in the world who desparately need it.
On to the chart performance of the song itself, this song was a major hit on the Christian charts in 2006, and a big hit on the mainstream alternative charts last year. So this song has been around for awhile, but has found a new audience in CHR and Hot AC radio this year. This song looks like it peaked at #15 on the CHR charts within the past couple of weeks, and may be near its peak at Hot AC. It is currently #28 on Hot AC, but should be #27 by tomorrow evening after "Say" by John Mayer is removed to recurrent status. It is still at a +70 gain in plays from last week, but it has a big gap behind the song right in front of it, so I don't know how much higher this song might get.
Sorry to keep rambling, but it is so great to see a song with such a positive message crossover to such a large audience! Hopefully this song will encourage others in the same boat to realize that there is hope no matter how bleak things may look. :)
