Song · Flaw
“Payback” by Flaw
From the EP Drama (2000)
“Payback” by Flaw appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the EP Drama. Its best result is #93 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 hard rock song of 2001.
"Payback" first turned up on Drama, the EP Flaw put out in November 2000, and was then released as a single from Through the Eyes, the nu metal band's first record for a major label. Republic Records put it out, and David Bottrill produced.
Singer Chris Volz has said the song swings between anger and frustration: at the things in life that don't add up, and at the things people do to you that you would never do to them. Where it lands is calmer than the title suggests. Volz talks about coming full circle in your own head, accepting that bad things will happen and trusting that everything evens out in the end, a kind of karma, though he's careful to say he doesn't mean it in a religious way. Revenge fantasy it isn't.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
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