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“Overcome” by Live
From the album V (2001)
“Overcome” by Live appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album V. Its best result is #65 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #145 alternative song of 2001.
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"Overcome" was the second single from V, Live's 2001 album, and it found its moment in the worst way imaginable. Ed Kowalczyk wrote it alone, and the band produced it with Alain Johannes and Michael Railton, bringing in Eric Gorfain on violin and John Krovoza on cello to deepen the ache, with Tim Palmer mixing.
After September 11, a RealAudio remix that laid news audio from the attacks over the track spread online, and by late September American rock stations had added it to their playlists, even though it never got a proper single release in the States. It climbed to 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and went top three in the Netherlands and Flanders, and the money from the single went to charities helping the victims.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 75 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 68 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 65 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 93 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 83 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 92 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 129 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 | 191 |
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