“Fly From the Inside (Planet of Sound version)” by Shinedown

"Fly from the Inside" was Shinedown's debut single, pulled from their 2003 album Leave a Whisper on Atlantic, and it gave the band their first hit, reaching 5 on the mainstream rock chart. Brent Smith wrote it with producer Bob Marlette and sings lead, backed by Jasin Todd on guitar, Brad Stewart on bass and Barry Kerch on drums, with Andy Wallace mixing.

It's alternative metal as a pep talk. Smith has said it's about chasing a dream that the people around you insist you'll never reach, maybe because they never chased their own, and the flight in the title is simply believing in yourself enough to try. It never got an official video, but it found its way into the 2003 film Grind and onto the soundtracks of MX vs. ATV Unleashed and MVP Baseball 2003, and it has stayed in the band's live set.

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