Song · Seether
“Rise Above This” by Seether
From the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces (2007)
“Rise Above This” by Seether appears on 16 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2008 and 2023. It was first released in 2007 on the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. Its best result is #3 on the 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #33 alternative song of 2008, #4,292 alternative song of all time and #482 of the '00s.
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"Rise Above This" is the sixth song on Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, the South African band Seether's 2007 album, and the second single taken from it. Shaun Morgan wrote the words for his brother, Eugene Welgemoed, as an attempt to lift him out of depression. It was written before Eugene's suicide, which gives every line a weight Morgan could not have planned.
Morgan sings and plays guitar, Dale Stewart plays bass and adds backing vocals, and John Humphrey drums; the three share the music credit. Howard Benson produced, Mike Plotnikoff recorded and Chris Lord-Alge mixed, keeping the post-grunge punch intact around a raw vocal. It gave Seether a second straight number one on the US Modern Rock chart. Filming Tony Petrossian's video took three attempts because Morgan kept fighting back tears.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 52 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 53 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 | 91 |
| 2008 | 71 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 49 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 | 88 |
| 2008 | 18 | KFMA Tucson, AZ | KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2008 | 50 |
| 2008 | 10 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 | 99 |
| 2008 | 3 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 33 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 27 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 21 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 74 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 145 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2014 | 327 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 350 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 445 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2023 | 432 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
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