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“So Far Away” by Staind

From the album 14 Shades of Grey (2003)

“So Far Away” by Staind appears on 36 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album 14 Shades of Grey. Its best result is #6 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 2003, #2,454 alternative song of all time and #115 of the '00s.

36countdowns
27stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2003–2026years charted

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"So Far Away" was the second single from 14 Shades of Grey, Staind's fourth album, and in 2003 it caught the band at its most open-hearted: a slow-building rock song that sounds more like relief than rage. Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok, Johnny April and Jon Wysocki wrote it together, Josh Abraham produced it, and Andy Wallace mixed it with plenty of air around the chorus.

Rock radio ate it up. It held number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 14 straight weeks, one of the longest reigns that chart has ever seen, spent seven weeks on top of Modern Rock Tracks, and crossed over far enough to reach 24 on the Hot 100, only the band's second top-40 hit there.

Its staying power is on the record, too. When Billboard marked the Mainstream Rock chart's 40th anniversary in 2021, it ranked "So Far Away" 20th among the most successful songs in that chart's history, and in 2023 the song turned up again, at 89, on a similar list for the Modern Rock chart's 35th.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 38 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 85 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 44 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 16 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 10 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 13 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 13 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 15 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 14 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 12 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 18 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 6 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 30 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 76 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 23 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 22 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 20 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 12 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 14 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2004 75 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 76 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 20 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 107
2004 32 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 35 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 118 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 89 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2014 285 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 317 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 399 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 396 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 267 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 413 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 314 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 242 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2026 379 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 383 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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