Song · Skillet
“The Resistance” by Skillet
From the album Unleashed (2016)
“The Resistance” by Skillet appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2017 and 2019. It was first released in 2016 on the album Unleashed. Its best result is #18 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 hard rock song of 2017 and #32 of the '10s.
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"The Resistance" came out in July 2016, a few weeks before Unleashed, the ninth studio album from Christian rockers Skillet, landed that August. John L. Cooper and Korey Cooper wrote it with Seth Mosley, and Brian Howes produced it, back working with the band a decade after he'd produced their 2006 album Comatose.
John L. Cooper plays bass and shares the lead vocal with drummer Ledger, Korey Cooper and Seth Morrison handle the guitars, and Howes chips in extra guitar and vocals of his own. Neal Avron mixed it. The album had been a long time coming, with Skillet already writing for it in February 2015 and the release date sliding into the back half of 2016, so this was an early look at songs that had waited a while.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2017 | 30 |
| 2017 | 63 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
| 2017 | 47 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 | 99 |
| 2018 | 39 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018 | 98 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 46 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
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