"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. It was released in early 1996 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 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.

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

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Year-end charts

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!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM)

|38

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!scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)

|73

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!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)

|59

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!scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)

|81

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!scope="row"|US Triple-A (Billboard) and is used in the 2002 film A Walk to Remember. It was the theme song of the A&E reality show, God or the Girl.

See also

  • Genesis flood narrative

References

  • MTV music video via YouTube