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“Flood” by Jars of Clay

From the album Jars of Clay (1995)

“Flood” by Jars of Clay appears on 25 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1996 and 2022. It was first released in 1995 on the album Jars of Clay. Its best result is #36 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 alternative song of 1996 and #1,642 alternative song of all time.

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"Flood" came off Jars of Clay's self-titled 1995 debut and went out as their first single in early 1996, and it pulled off a trick almost nobody manages: it got played on Christian radio and on alternative rock stations, two formats that hardly ever cross paths. Critics pegged it as the moment the Christian rock band broke through.

The sound is what sold it. Adrian Belew produced the track and played cello on it, Noah Evens added violin and handled the recording and mix, and the strings give the song a moody, chamber-pop sweep. Dan Haseltine wrote the words, with the music credited to him, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason and Matt Odmark. The crossover paid off: 37 on the Hot 100, 12 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, 3 in Canada, and heavy rotation on MTV.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 103 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 51 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 88 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 36 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 39 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 563 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1999 564 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 406 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1328 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1328 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1330 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1329 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1314 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1314 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 905 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1311 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1286 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1352 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1412 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1462 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1521 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 157 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 530 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

Charting alongside it in 1996

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