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“Make It Stop (september's Children)” by Rise Against
From the album Endgame (2011)
“Make It Stop (september's Children)” by Rise Against appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2011 and 2020. It was first released in 2011 on the album Endgame. Its best result is #6 on the 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 2011 and #182 of the '10s.
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Rise Against pulled "Make It Stop (September's Children)" from Endgame, their sixth album, as its second single in 2011, and Tim McIlrath wrote its words with a purpose. He has named the suicides of September 2010, along with the fears and insecurities the band's own fans had shared, as the spark, and the song goes straight at the bullying and harassment LGBT kids live with. McIlrath also wanted to push back against hard rock's history of being unfriendly to LGBT fans, and the track became part of the It Gets Better Project co-founded by Dan Savage.
Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore produced, Chris Lord-Alge mixed, and the guitars of McIlrath and Zach Blair drive hard over Joe Principe's bass and Brandon Barnes's drums. It climbed to six on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and eight on Rock Songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011 | 30 |
| 2011 | 46 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck in 2011 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 53 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 21 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 | 99 |
| 2011 | 14 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 | 98 |
| 2011 | 40 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 | 51 |
| 2011 | 22 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
| 2011 | 6 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 25 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 | 94 |
| 2012 | 82 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 48 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
Also listed as: Make It Stop (September's Children).
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