"From Where You Are" is a single from the band Lifehouse

Lifehouse (band)

Lifehouse is an American rock band from Los Angeles. The band came to mainstream prominence in 2001 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut studio album, No Name Face. The single won a Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year, beating out Janet Jackson and Alicia...

 that was written by Jason Wade

Jason Wade

Jason Michael Wade is the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist of the American alternative rock band Lifehouse.-Biography:...

 for Allstate's Teen Driving Program. The song is dedicated to teens who have lost their lives in accidents and used to educate teens to drive safely. This song is also dedicated to a friend of Jason that died in a car accident at the age of 16.
The music video

Music video

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 combines Jason Wade singing in a recording studio and clips from the Allstate

Allstate

The Allstate Corporation is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993...

 commercial. The single was made available through the US iTunes

ITunes

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 store on November 6, 2007. The song appeared on the episode "Weeks go By Like Days" of One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (TV series)

One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

. Three years later, in 2010, the song appeared on Smoke & Mirrors.

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	61
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	40