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“Resistance” by Muse

From the album The Resistance (2009)

“Resistance” by Muse appears on 39 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2009 on the album The Resistance. Its best result is #1 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 2010, #2,997 alternative song of all time and #27 of the '10s.

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"Resistance", the title track of Muse's fifth album, The Resistance, from 2009, became the record's third single in February 2010, after "Uprising" and "Undisclosed Desires", and it finds Matt Bellamy at full dystopian tilt. He wrote it alone, and it's studded with nods to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The band produced it themselves and stacked it high: Bellamy's guitar, keyboards and synths, Dominic Howard's drums and extra synth, Christopher Wolstenholme's bass and backing vocals, even a violin from Edoardo de Angelis, with Spike Stent mixing it into one glossy, pounding surge. It later turned up as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

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

RockLists rankings

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Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 87 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 91
2009 41 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 51
2009 29 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 103
2009 35 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 100
2010 3 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 34 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 7 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 38 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 71 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 22 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 2 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 1 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 18 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 37 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 5 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 20 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 4 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 39 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2010 95
2010 11 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2010 40
2010 22 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 4 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 51
2010 65 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 105
2010 6 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 3 96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 96X Top 20 of 2010 20
2010 20 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 20 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 53 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95
2011 36 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 61 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 123 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 1775 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1038 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 865 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 674 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 904 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 33 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2022 246 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 344 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2026 392 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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