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American punk rock band Rise Against has recorded 142 songs, which include 129 original songs and 13 covers. Rise Against was formed in 1999, and signed a recording contract with the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords the following year.[1] Under this label, they released The Unraveling (2001) and Revolutions per Minute (2003), which helped to establish an early fanbase.[2] Afterwards, the band signed with Geffen Records,[lower-alpha 1] and made its major record label debut with Siren Song of the Counter Culture (2004), followed by The Sufferer & the Witness (2006).[5] Both albums charted on the Billboard 200, with the latter peaking at number ten.[6] Rise Against's popularity continued to grow when they switched labels once again to DGC and Interscope Records, and the next three albums—Appeal to Reason (2008), Endgame (2011), and The Black Market (2014)—charted highly worldwide.[7] Rise Against's eighth album, Wolves, was released in 2017.[8]
Rise Against's music was initially characterized by its gritty combination of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore.[9] With the release of Appeal to Reason, the band's music shifted toward a more accessible and radio-friendly sound, with greater emphasis on production value.[10] The band members are well known for their outspoken social commentary, which often permeates their lyrics.[11] Songs like "Hero of War" and "Survivor Guilt" question the brutality of modern warfare,[12] while "Prayer of the Refugee" is about forced displacement.[13] Not all Rise Against songs discuss controversial topics, such as "Savior", which is about forgiveness and broken relationships.[14]
Tim McIlrath is Rise Against's primary lyricist, while the band members collectively write the music for their songs.[15] Six out of the band's nine albums have been recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore.[16] Of the band's 142 songs, nineteen have been released as singles, while three have been promotional singles. Rise Against's best charting singles are "Help Is on the Way", which reached number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100;[17] and "Savior", which held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively.[18][lower-alpha 2] Two singles from Siren Song of the Counter Culture, "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away", helped Rise Against achieve mainstream appeal.[20]
† | Indicates single release |
# | Indicates promotional single release |
‡ | Indicates cover version |
Song | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
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"3 Day Weekend" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"401 Kill" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"1000 Good Intentions" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"About Damn Time" | Rise Against | The Eco-Terrorist In Me 7" | 2015 | [22] |
"Alive and Well" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Amber Changing" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Any Way You Want It" ‡ | Steve Perry Neal Schon |
Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [24] |
"Anywhere But Here" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"The Approaching Curve" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Architects" # | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] [28] |
"The Art of Losing" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Audience of One" † | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] [30] |
"Awake Too Long" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Ballad of Hollis Brown" ‡ | Bob Dylan | Chimes of Freedom | 2012 | [32] |
"A Beautiful Indifference" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Behind Closed Doors" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"The Black Market" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Black Masks & Gasoline" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Blind" ‡ | Trever Keith | Face to Face / Rise Against | 2011 | [33] |
"Blood to Bleed" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Blood-Red, White & Blue" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Boy's No Good" ‡ | Lifetime | The Sufferer & the Witness[lower-alpha 3] | 2007 | [34] |
"Bricks" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Bridges" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Broadcast[Signal]Frequency" | Rise Against | Wolves[lower-alpha 4] | 2017 | [35] |
"Broken Dreams, Inc." † | Rise Against | Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack | 2020 | [36] |
"Broken English" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Broken Mirrors" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Built to Last" ‡ | Sick of It All | The Sufferer & the Witness[lower-alpha 5] | 2006 | [37] |
"Bullshit" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"But Tonight We Dance" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness[lower-alpha 6] | 2007 | [34] |
"Chamber the Cartridge" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Collapse (Post-Amerika)" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Dancing for Rain" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Dead Ringer" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Death Blossoms" | Rise Against | Downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour | 2009 | [38] |
"Dirt and Roses" | Rise Against | Avengers Assemble (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | 2012 | [39] |
"The Dirt Whispered" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Disparity by Design" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Drones" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"The Eco-Terrorist in Me" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Elective Amnesia" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason[lower-alpha 7] | 2008 | [40] |
"Endgame" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Entertainment" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Escape Artists" | Rise Against | The Black Market[lower-alpha 8] | 2014 | [41] |
"Everchanging" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Faint Resemblance" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Far from Perfect" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"The First Drop" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Fix Me" ‡ | Greg Ginn | Siren Song of the Counter Culture[lower-alpha 9] | 2005 | [42] |
"Forfeit" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"From Heads Unworthy" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Generation Lost" | Rise Against | Uncontrollable Fatulence | 2002 | [44] |
"A Gentlemen's Coup" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Gethsemane" | Rise Against | OIL: Chicago Punk Refined | 2003 | [45] |
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" ‡ | Bruce Springsteen | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 | 2013 | [46] |
"Give It All" † | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] [47] |
"The Good Left Undone" † | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] [48] |
"Grammatizator" | Rise Against | Rise Against 7" | 2009 | [49] |
"Great Awakening" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"The Great Die-Off" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Hairline Fracture" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Halfway There" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Heaven Knows" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Help Is on the Way" † | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] [50] |
"Hero of War" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Historia Calamitatum" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason[lower-alpha 10] | 2008 | [51] |
"House on Fire" † | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] [52] |
"How Many Walls" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore" † | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] [53] |
"Injection" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Join the Ranks" | Rise Against | Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat, Die Young | 2001 | [54] |
"Kick Out the Jams" ‡ | MC5 | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013[lower-alpha 11] | 2013 | [55] |
"Kotov Syndrome" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Lanterns" | Rise Against | Endgame[lower-alpha 12] | 2011 | [56] |
"Last Chance Blueprint" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Life Less Frightening" † | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] [57] |
"Like the Angel" # | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] [58] |
"Little Boxes" ‡ | Malvina Reynolds | Little Boxes Dimebag #1 | 2008 | [59] |
"Long Forgotten Sons" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Make It Stop (September's Children)" † | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] [60] |
"Making Christmas" ‡ | Danny Elfman | Nightmare Revisited | 2008 | [61] |
"Megaphone" | Rise Against | Wolves[lower-alpha 13] | 2017 | [35] |
"Methadone" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Middle of a Dream" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Midnight Hands" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Minor Threat" ‡ | Minor Threat | This Is Noise | 2008 | [62] |
"Miracle" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"Monarch" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Mourning in Amerika" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"My Life Inside Your Heart" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Nervous Breakdown" ‡ | Greg Ginn | Lords of Dogtown: Music from the Motion Picture | 2005 | [5] |
"Nowhere Generation" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"The Numbers" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Obstructed View" | Rise Against | Your Scene Sucks: The Hardcore Comp | 2002 | [63] |
"Paper Wings" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Parts Per Million" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"People Live Here" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Politics of Love" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"Prayer of the Refugee" † | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] [64] |
"Re-Education (Through Labor)" † | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] [65] |
"Ready to Fall" † | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] [66] |
"Reception Fades" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Remains of Summer Memories" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Roadside" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Rules of Play" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Satellite" † | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] [67] |
"Savior" † | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] [68] |
"Sight Unseen" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason[lower-alpha 14] | 2009 | [69] |
"Six Ways 'Til Sunday" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Sliver" ‡ | Kurt Cobain | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 | 2013 | [46] |
"Sometimes Selling Out Is Giving Up" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Sooner or Later" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Sounds Like" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Stained Glass and Marble" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"State of the Union" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"The Strength to Go On" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Sudden Life" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
"Sudden Urge" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"Survive" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Survivor Guilt" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Swing Life Away" † | Neil Hennessy Tim McIlrath |
Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [70] [71] |
"Talking to Ourselves" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | [43] |
"This Is Letting Go" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] |
"Tip the Scales" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"To the Core" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"To Them These Streets Belong" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | [25] |
"Torches" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Tragedy + Time" † | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] [72] |
"Under the Knife" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"The Unraveling" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"The Violence" † | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"Voice of Dissent" | Rise Against | Rise Against 7" | 2009 | [49] |
"Voices Off Camera:" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | 2003 | [23] |
"Wait for Me" # | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | [27] [73] |
"Weight of Time" | Rise Against | The Unraveling | 2001 | [21] |
"Welcome to the Breakdown" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"Whereabouts Unknown" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | 2008 | [29] |
"Wolves" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | [8] |
"Worth Dying For" | Rise Against | The Sufferer & the Witness | 2006 | [26] |
"Zero Visibility" | Rise Against | The Black Market | 2014 | [31] |
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