Song · X Ambassadors
“Renegades” by X Ambassadors
From the album VHS (2015)
“Renegades” by X Ambassadors appears on 21 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album VHS. Its best result is #1 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 2015, #2,532 alternative song of all time and #107 of the '10s.
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"Renegades" was the second single X Ambassadors pulled from VHS, their 2015 debut album, and it arrived with a strange backstory: Jeep came to Interscope wanting a song for the launch of its Renegade, the band had this one all but finished, and it was handed over within days. Alex da Kid produced it with the group and shares the writing credit with Noah Feldshuh, Casey Harris, Adam Levin and Sam Nelson.
It's a big, stomping, chant-along anthem, built for arenas and car commercials alike, trading guitar heroics for wide-open uplift. The formula worked: it went top ten in ten countries, climbed to 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and turned up in The Flash and Mr. Robot. Nothing else the band has released has matched it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 1 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 | 25 |
| 2015 | 2 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 49 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 1 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 14 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 5 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 5 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 2 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 45 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 6 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 211 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 26 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 16 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 37 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 40 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 301 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 81 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 208 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 123 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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