Song · Shinedown
“Cut the Cord” by Shinedown
From the album Threat to Survival (2015)
“Cut the Cord” by Shinedown appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2015 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Threat to Survival. Its best result is #9 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #145 alternative song of 2015.
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"Cut the Cord" led the charge for Threat to Survival, Shinedown's fifth album, when it dropped on June 29, 2015, and it hits like a pep talk delivered with a sledgehammer. Brent Smith wrote it with bassist Eric Bass, who also produced and recorded it; Smith sings lead, Zach Myers plays guitar, Barry Kerch handles drums and percussion, Dave Bassett adds guitar and synthesizer, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it.
Smith has framed it as a refusal to quit, a wake-up call about taking charge of your own life by smashing whatever is holding you back, and he called it brutally honest. It went to number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, the band's ninth to do so, and WWE picked it as the official theme for Hell in a Cell that year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 9 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2015 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2020 | 83 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2023 | 10 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2025 | 46 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
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