Song · The Starting Line
“Island (Float Away)” by The Starting Line
Released 2007
“Island (Float Away)” by The Starting Line appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2007 and 2008. It was first released in 2007. Its best result is #23 on the Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #265 alternative song of 2007.
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"Island (Float Away)" was the first single from Direction, the Starting Line's 2007 album, and Virgin sent it out to radio on June 26 that year, a pop-punk band aiming squarely at summer. It sits fourth in the album's running order.
Jay Martin directed the video, set on a shipwrecked beach, and it premiered on TRL on July 31, 2007. The song climbed to 21 on the US Modern Rock chart, and it remains the only single the band ever put on a Billboard chart of any kind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 86 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 61 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 80 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2008 | 23 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
Also listed as: Island (Fade Away).
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