Song · Godsmack
“Speak” by Godsmack
From the album IV (2006)
“Speak” by Godsmack appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2006 on the album IV. Its best result is #6 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #138 alternative song of 2006.
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"Speak" was born backstage. On tour with Metallica, Tony Rombola, Robbie Merrill and Shannon Larkin were jamming in a dressing room when Sully Erna stuck his head in, liked the riff, and wrote the melody and wrapped up the song on the spot. It landed on IV, Godsmack's fifth album, in 2006, and Erna admitted the chorus opens up in a way he would never have come up with himself.
It topped the Mainstream Rock chart and got to number ten on Modern Rock. Wayne Isham's video skips the storyline and the pyro: just stunt drivers throwing cars and motorcycles around, cut with shots of the band, with Danny Koker of Count's Kustoms along for the ride, all meant, as Erna put it, to get across how powerful the song is.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 69 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 57 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 6 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 40 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 99 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2025 | 71 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
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