Song · Judas Priest
“Revolution” by Judas Priest
From the album Angel of Retribution (2005)
“Revolution” by Judas Priest appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2005. It was first released in 2005 on the album Angel of Retribution. Its best result is #65 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #507 alternative song of 2005.
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Judas Priest built "Revolution", from their 2005 album Angel of Retribution, on a relic. According to co-producer Roy Z, the bass intro came off a cassette the band had taped back in the 1970s; they dropped that riff into Pro Tools and grew the rest of the song around it, chasing a raw, modern take on that old sound. Rob Halford howls it, K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton (who wrote it with him) handle the guitars, Ian Hill and Scott Travis lock the rhythm down, and Don Airey sits in on keyboards.
Downing framed it as a message about how people see rock and metal. It gave the band their first US chart single since "Night Crawler" in 1992, reaching No. 23 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and it has stayed in their live sets ever since.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 65 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 179 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
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