Flood (Jars of Clay song)

"Flood" is a song written and performed by American Christian rock band Jars of Clay. Critics cited "Flood" as the band's breakthrough song due to airplay on contemporary Christian music and alternative rock radio stations, two radio formats which rarely intersect.^[3] It was released in 1995 as their debut single and is from their self-titled debut album. "Flood" was a multi-format crossover hit in the United States, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a hit in Canada, where it reached No. 3 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. The song also saw heavy rotation on MTV during the mid-to-late-1990s.^[4][5][6]

"Flood"
Single by Jars of Clay
from the album Jars of Clay
Released	1995
Genre	Alternative rock[1][2]
Length	3:31 (album version)
Label	Essential Silvertone
Songwriter(s)	Dan Haseltine Charlie Lowell Stephen Mason Matt Odmark
Producer(s)	Adrian Belew
Jars of Clay singles chronology
"Flood" (1995) "Liquid" (1995)
Audio sample
"Flood" file help
Music videos
"Flood" (original version) on YouTube
"Flood" (MTV version) on YouTube

Formats and track listings

All songs were written by Charlie Lowell, Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, and Stephen Mason.

US single

1. "Flood" – 3:31
2. "Sinking" – 3:47

UK maxi-CD single

1. "Flood" (Savage Flavor remix) – 4:24
2. "Flood" – 3:33
3. "Sinking" – 3:48
4. "Blind" (The Fluffy-Sav Smoothed Out mix) – 5:08

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peak position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 3 US Billboard Hot 100[8] 37 US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 4 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[10] 29 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[11] 12 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12] 16 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[13] 19

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] 38 US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[15] 73 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[16] 59 US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)[17] 81 US Triple-A (Billboard)[16] 10

In popular culture

"Flood" plays over the closing credits of the 1998 film Hard Rain^[18] and is used in the 2002 film A Walk to Remember.^[19] It was the theme song of the A&E reality show, God or the Girl.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Genesis flood narrative