All Around Me
| "All Around Me" | ||||
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| Single by Flyleaf | ||||
| from the album Flyleaf | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2007[1] | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge[2] | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Octone | |||
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| Producer | Howard Benson | |||
| Flyleaf singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "All Around Me" on YouTube | ||||
"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.[3] The song took a large leap into the top 40 channels, receiving more than 20 new stations in a single day. The song was certified 4× Platinum in the U.S. on September 9, 2025, selling over 4,000,000 copies.[4]
Background
[edit]Front woman Lacey Mosley has stated on the radio station LA Lloyd's Rock 30 that the song is about her spiritual relationship with God. She has stated "It's a song about meeting God. I remember looking at a bunch of people's Myspace when I first saw Myspace and the 'Who I'd Like to Meet' the number one thing people picked was God. I think about that. I don't know how many times I've experienced something where I felt like God showed up and saved me or loved me for no reason sometimes. That's why I sing this song, I sing it to God. It's really intimate as well, you can think about it as a relationship between two people in love, too. I never think about it that way, but what's so cool about that is I think there's parallels everywhere – in everything in life. I think that that parallel is something that God wants to communicate to us, that he gives us relationships like that, an intimacy like that".[5]
Music video
[edit]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.[citation needed]
The video debuted on Fuse TV's Oven Fresh on June 25, 2007, and on Yahoo Music on June 28, 2007.[citation needed]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Around Me" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "All Around Me" (acoustic version) | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Do You Hear What I Hear" | 2:57 |
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[14] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Awards
[edit]2009 BMI Pop Award Winning Song[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
- ↑ Jones, Kim. "Flyleaf - 'Flyleaf'". About.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/flyleaf/chart-history/
- ↑ "American certifications – Flyleaf – All Around Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.songfacts.com/facts/flyleaf/all-around-me
- ↑ "All Around Me – EP". Apple Music. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Flyleaf Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Flyleaf Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Flyleaf Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Flyleaf Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Flyleaf Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. February 2, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Alternative Songs – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ↑ "American single certifications – Flyleaf – All Around Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "2009 BMI Pop Awards Award Winning Songs | Press". BMI.com. May 19, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
