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“Falling Away From Me” by Korn

From the album Issues (1999)

“Falling Away From Me” by Korn appears on 50 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album Issues. Its best result is #8 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 1999, #1,365 alternative song of all time, #206 of the '90s and #422 of the '00s.

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#8best position
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1top 10 finishes
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Korn - Falling Away From Me (Official Video)

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"Falling Away From Me" led off Korn's fourth album Issues in 1999, and it made its debut in the strangest place possible: an episode of South Park called "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery". Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed it, Nick DiDia recorded it, and the writing credit goes to all five of them: Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, Head, Munky and David Silveria.

It's nu metal at its most focused, a low, seasick chug that coils and then bursts, with Davis turning his voice from a whisper into a wound. He said the song is about domestic abuse and about getting out, whether by telling someone or calling a help line. The video picks up where the "Freak on a Leash" clip ended, cutting from animation to a young girl terrorized by her abusive father, and it sat atop MTV's Total Request Live for ten days.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 34 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 19 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 61 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 52 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 18 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 79 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 96 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 31 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 72 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 38 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 28 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
1999 17 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 100
1999 102 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104
2000 37 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 20 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 37 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101
2000 44 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2000 32 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 43 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2000 8 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 37 The Edge Phoenix, AZ KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 50
2000 15 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 103
2000 27 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K 102
2000 33 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 293 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 933 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 917 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2000 51 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2000 92 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 172 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 728 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 390 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 424 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 321 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 422 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 63 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2009) 70
2010 71 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2010 69 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2010) 70
2013 133 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2014 193 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 215 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 305 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 154 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 146 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 174 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 323 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 180 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 54 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 100
2024 214 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 245 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400

Also listed as: Falling Away from Me; Falling away from me.

Charting alongside it in 1999

Best songs of 1999 →
  1. 1What's My Age Again?blink-182
  2. 2Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3NookieLimp Bizkit
  4. 4Freak on a LeashKorn
  5. 5Praise YouFatboy Slim
  6. 6My Own Worst EnemyLit

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