Cover of Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin
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“I Will Not Bow” by Breaking Benjamin

From the album Dear Agony (2009)

“I Will Not Bow” by Breaking Benjamin appears on 28 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album Dear Agony. Its best result is #1 on the KILO Top 50 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 2009, #3,689 alternative song of all time, #271 of the '00s and #231 of the '10s.

28countdowns
18stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
2009–2025years charted

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"I Will Not Bow" kicked off the Dear Agony era for Breaking Benjamin as the first single off their fourth album, arriving on August 11, 2009, a day ahead of plan: Wilkes-Barre station 97.9X, in the band's home town, jumped the gun on the St. Louis premiere Hollywood Records had lined up at 105.7 The Point.

David Bendeth produced and mixed, with Benjamin Burnley singing and playing guitar alongside Aaron Fink, Mark James Klepaski on bass and Chad Szeliga on drums; Burnley and Jasen Rauch wrote it. It wasn't written for the movies, but after Burnley sent the label a batch of songs, Disney-owned Hollywood picked it to close out the Bruce Willis film Surrogates, and MLB Network leaned on it hard during the 2010 postseason.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 15 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 6 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 16 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 99
2009 20 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 20 WVBR Ithaca, NY WVBR Top 93 of 2009 92
2009 16 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 103
2009 31 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 12 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 13 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2009 90
2009 1 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO KILO Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 21 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 99
2009 14 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 5 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 105
2009 23 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 103
2010 42 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 44 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 10 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 4 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 19 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 54 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010 88
2011 43 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 32 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Charting alongside it in 2009

Best songs of 2009 →
  1. 1Use SomebodyKings of Leon
  2. 2UprisingMuse
  3. 3Panic SwitchSilversun Pickups
  4. 4Aint no Rest for the WickedCage The Elephant
  5. 5(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You ToWeezer
  6. 6The FixerPearl Jam

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