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“Fully Alive” by Flyleaf
From the album Flyleaf (2005)
“Fully Alive” by Flyleaf appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2006 and 2019. It was first released in 2005 on the album Flyleaf. Its best result is #16 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #301 alternative song of 2007 and #5,939 alternative song of all time.
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"Fully Alive" was the second single from Flyleaf's 2005 self-titled debut on A&M Octone, sent out in November 2006. The song was inspired by Layla, the wife of Trust Company's singer Kevin, a woman who carries a hard personal struggle yet wakes up grateful just to wake up at all, an example that made the writer rethink their own everyday complaints.
The whole band shares the writing credit, with Lacey Sturm singing over the guitars of Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartmann, Pat Seals on bass and James Culpepper on drums. Howard Benson produced and Mike Plotnikoff recorded and mixed. There are two versions: the radio edit, with a reworked guitar solo and extra lyrics, replaced the original on the album once A&M and Octone joined forces, and it's the one used in the video, the band's third.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2007 | 90 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 47 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2014 | 415 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 443 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 476 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
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