7. Jars of Clay - Flood
From the album Jars of Clay (Essential Records, 1995)
In 1994 a quirky, acoustic quartet from Greenville College sent a demo tape into a “New band” contest being put on by the Gospel Music Association. The quartet was invited to Nashville to perform as a finalist for the contest and ended up winning. CCM was never the same. Little by little the song Flood started getting airplay on College, Modern Rock and CHR radio stations around the country. The little label the band was signed to, Essential, received help from their parent company, Silvertone Records who paid for a Music video and the song took off. The album has reached multi-platinum status with sales of over 2 million units. Here are the song's peak positions on various Billboard Charts:
Mainstream Rock Tracks
16
Modern Rock Tracks
12
The Billboard Hot 100
37
Adult Top 40
29
Top 40 Mainstream
20
Christian Hit Radio
4
Christian Rock
1
The song was produced by Adrian Belew of King Crimson who heard a copy of the band's first demo Frail and was very impressed with their sound. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album
Here is the original studio released concept video for the song.
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