Song · Skegss
“Under the Thunder” by Skegss
From the album Rehearsal (2021)
“Under the Thunder” by Skegss appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 2021 on the album Rehearsal. Its best result is #27 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #143 alternative song of 2020.
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"Under the Thunder" was the lead single from Rehearsal, the 2021 second album from Australian trio Skegss, and it's a sun-bleached shrug of a song with a philosophy to match. Ben Reed, who wrote it and sings lead, has explained it as a song about riding life's ups and downs: nobody lasts forever, some messes can't be fixed, so you take the good with the rough, crack a beer when you can and let nature have its way in the end.
Kai Neville directed the video, which arrived the same day as the single. The song has kept its grip: in February 2026 it went gold in Australia, for sales and streams topping 35,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 | 100 |
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