Song · Black Flag
“Rise Above” by Black Flag
From the album Damaged (1981)
“Rise Above” by Black Flag appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2019 and 2024. It was first released in 1981 on the album Damaged. Its best result is #256 on the KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,745 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Rise Above" comes from Damaged, the 1981 debut album Black Flag made for SST Records, and it's a battle cry cut by Henry Rollins on lead vocals, Greg Ginn and Dez Cadena on guitars, Chuck Dukowski on bass and Robo on drums. Ginn wrote it, words and music, and the band produced it with Spot.
It's hardcore at full gallop, all clenched fists and defiance, Rollins barking over Ginn's jagged, grinding guitar. The album it lives on was mostly shrugged off by critics and the public when it came out, and has since come to be counted among the most influential punk records ever made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 330 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 256 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2023 | 509 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2024 | 471 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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