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“Alive” by P.O.D.

From the album Satellite (2001)

“Alive” by P.O.D. appears on 39 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2001 on the album Satellite. Its best result is #4 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2001, #1,867 alternative song of all time and #70 of the '00s.

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"Alive" was the lead single from P.O.D.'s fourth album, Satellite, in 2001, and it remains one of the Christian metal band's best-loved songs. Howard Benson produced it with the band, Randy Staub engineered it and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it, and the writing credit is shared by four: Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels and Noah "Wuv" Bernardo.

It's nu metal with the windows open. Sandoval's vocal swings from a steady, almost conversational verse to a chorus he belts to the rafters, and Curiel's guitar surges in behind him with big, bright riffs. Daniels' bass and Bernardo's drums lock the groove down tight, and the three of them pile in on backing vocals to push the hook even higher. For all the heaviness, it's an uplifting sound, more sunrise than storm.

The CD single came out in 2001 and again in 2002 with different artwork and tracks, and a semi-acoustic remix turned up as a bonus on the 2002 special edition of Satellite. Metal Hammer ranked it number 7 on its list of the 10 best P.O.D. songs in 2017.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 9 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 9 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 20 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 27 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 4 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 10 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 24 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 15 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 40 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 13 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 13 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 56 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 23 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 40
2001 46 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2001 191
2001 22 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 22 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 25 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 39 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2002 22 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 8 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 43 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 17 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 109 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 762 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 279 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 155 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 375 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2008 399 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 213 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2010 40 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 39 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2011 24 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2014 147 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 150 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 146 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 410 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2023 166 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 375 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 355 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400

Charting alongside it in 2001

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  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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