All Around Me Explained

All Around Me
Cover:Allaroundmee.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Flyleaf
Album:Flyleaf
Released:[1]
Genre: Post-grunge[2]
Length:3:32
Label:Octone
Producer:Howard Benson
Prev Title:Fully Alive
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Breathe Today
Next Year:2007

"All Around Me" is a song by American band Flyleaf from their self-titled debut album, Flyleaf (2005). It was released as the third single on April 23, 2007. It is the band's highest-charting and only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and their most successful single to date.

Eventually, it became a mainstream and modern rock hit in the United States, crossing over to the pop charts, where it reached No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song took a large leap into the top 40 channels, receiving more than 20 new stations in just a single day. The song was certified Platinum in the U.S. on January 22, 2010, selling over 1,000,000 copies.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Paul Fedor. In it, the band is dressed in white except lead singer Lacey Mosley, who is wearing a grey dress. The walls have red, yellow, blue, green, and black paint running down them and later in the video the paint is on the band.

The video provides a different version of the song, which includes an extra refrain in the second chorus, totaling a duration of 3 minutes and 34 seconds as opposed to the album version at 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

The video debuted on Fuse TV's Oven Fresh on June 25, 2007, and on Yahoo! Music on June 28, 2007.

Charts

Beginning its run on the Mainstream Rock Chart, it peaked at No. 20 in August 2007, while reaching No. 6 on the Alternative chart in October 2007. In June 2008, it reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 20 on the Pop Songs.

Awards

2009 BMI Pop Award Winning Song[4]

Other versions

David Crowder Band recorded a cover version of the song for their album Church Music. Skillet performed a live acoustic cover of "All Around Me" on November 20, 2009, in Dallas, Texas.Maggie Lindemann also performed a cover of this song on October 2, 2022.

Notes and References

  1. United States . Flyleaf . All Around Me . March 24, 2016.
  2. Web site: Flyleaf - 'Flyleaf'. Jones. Kim. About.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515104524/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/gr/grflyleafdebut.htm. April 10, 2021. May 15, 2013.
  3. Web site: Pop Rock. Spanish. February 2, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213021242/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock. February 13, 2008. Record Report.
  4. Web site: 2009 BMI Pop Awards Award Winning Songs | Press . BMI.com . May 19, 2009 . August 13, 2011.