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“Taking Back Control” by Sparta
From the album Threes (2006)
“Taking Back Control” by Sparta appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2006 and 2014. It was first released in 2006 on the album Threes. Its best result is #53 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #280 alternative song of 2006 and #4,076 alternative song of all time.
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"Taking Back Control" led off Sparta's album Threes as its first single in 2006, and it has become one of the band's best-known songs. An earlier demo, called "Future Needs" and carrying different words and a reworked chorus, had already surfaced on the Madden NFL 07 soundtrack, and the finished song later landed in the film The Invisible.
All four members share the writing credit: Jim Ward sings lead and plays guitar, Keeley Davis adds guitar and vocals, Matt Miller plays bass and Tony Hajjar drums. Dave Bassett produced and recorded it, with Joe Chiccarelli also engineering and Brian Malouf mixing, and the result is a taut, urgent slab of alternative rock that put in respectable showings on Billboard's Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 53 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 91 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 91 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1404 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1659 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1678 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1719 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1846 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1915 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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