Song · Rise Against
“The Violence” by Rise Against
From the album Wolves (2017)
“The Violence” by Rise Against appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2017 and 2023. It was first released in 2017 on the album Wolves. Its best result is #7 on the 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 2017, #5,774 alternative song of all time and #303 of the '10s.
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Rise Against opened the Wolves campaign with "The Violence" on April 20, 2017, the lead single from their eighth album, and it's a punk rock sermon written with the 2016 presidential election still ringing in everyone's ears. Tim McIlrath, who wrote the words, framed it as a question rather than a slogan: is violence baked into human nature, or is it something people pick up by choice and can just as easily put down?
Nick Raskulinecz produced it and recorded it with Nathan Yarborough, and David Sardy and James Monti mixed. McIlrath sings and plays guitar alongside Zach Blair, with Joe Principe on bass and Brandon Barnes on drums, and the whole band shares the music credit. It made both Billboard's Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock Songs charts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 11 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017 | 20 |
| 2017 | 21 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 29 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 7 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 9 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 13 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2020 | 45 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 81 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 93 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2023 | 311 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
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