Song · Shinedown
“Fly From The Inside” by Shinedown
From the album Leave a Whisper (2003)
“Fly From The Inside” by Shinedown appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2003 and 2025. It was first released in 2003 on the album Leave a Whisper. Its best result is #8 on the WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #356 alternative song of 2003.
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"Fly from the Inside" was Shinedown's debut single, pulled from Leave a Whisper, their 2003 album on Atlantic, and it got them off the ground: a climb to five on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and the band's first hit. Brent Smith wrote the words, and he has explained them as a pep talk for anyone chasing a dream the people around them swear is out of reach, maybe because those people never chased their own. The title, he told KNAC.com in 2004, is a metaphor for believing in yourself and going for it anyway.
There was never an official video, though a later reissue of Leave a Whisper added bonus footage. The song turned up in the 2003 film Grind and in the games MVP Baseball 2003 and MX vs. ATV Unleashed, and it's still in the band's live set.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 74 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 79 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 | 103 |
| 2003 | 89 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2023 | 67 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2025 | 84 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
Also listed as: Fly from the Inside; Fly From the Inside.
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