List of songs recorded by Rise Against
American punk rock band Rise Against has recorded 142 songs, which include 129 original songs and 13 covers. Rise Against was formed in 1999, and signed a recording contract with the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords the following year. Under this label, they released The Unraveling and Revolutions per Minute, which helped to establish an early fanbase. Afterwards, the band signed with Geffen Records, and made its major record label debut with Siren Song of the Counter Culture, followed by The Sufferer & the Witness. Both albums charted on the Billboard 200, with the latter peaking at number ten. Rise Against's popularity continued to grow when they switched labels once again to DGC and Interscope Records, and the next three albums—Appeal to Reason, Endgame, and The Black Market —charted highly worldwide. Rise Against's eighth album, Wolves, was released in 2017.
Rise Against's music was initially characterized by its gritty combination of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore. With the release of Appeal to Reason, the band's music shifted toward a more accessible and radio-friendly sound, with greater emphasis on production value. The band members are well known for their outspoken social commentary, which often permeates their lyrics. Songs like "Hero of War" and "Survivor Guilt" question the brutality of modern warfare, while "Prayer of the Refugee" is about forced displacement. Not all Rise Against songs discuss controversial topics, such as "Savior", which is about forgiveness and broken relationships.
Tim McIlrath is Rise Against's primary lyricist, while the band members collectively write the music for their songs. Six out of the band's nine albums have been recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore. Of the band's 142 songs, nineteen have been released as singles, while three have been promotional singles. Rise Against's best charting singles are "Help Is on the Way", which reached number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100; and "Savior", which held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively. Two singles from Siren Song of the Counter Culture, "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away", helped Rise Against achieve mainstream appeal.
Songs
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| Song | Writer | Original release | Year | |
| "3 Day Weekend" | Rise Against | |||
| "401 Kill" | Rise Against | |||
| "1000 Good Intentions" | Rise Against | |||
| "About Damn Time" | Rise Against | The Eco-Terrorist In Me 7" | 2015 | |
| "Alive and Well" | Rise Against | |||
| "Amber Changing" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Any Way You Want It" | Revolutions per Minute | |||
| "Anywhere But Here" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Architects" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "" | Rise Against | |||
| "Audience of One" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Awake Too Long" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Ballad of Hollis Brown" | Chimes of Freedom | |||
| "" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Behind Closed Doors" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Black Masks & Gasoline" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Blind" | Face to Face / Rise Against | |||
| "Blood to Bleed" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Blood-Red, White & Blue" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Boy's No Good" | Lifetime | 2007 | ||
| "Bricks" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Bridges" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "BroadcastFrequency" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Broken Dreams, Inc." | Rise Against | Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack | 2020 | |
| "Broken English" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Broken Mirrors" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Built to Last" | Sick of It All | 2006 | ||
| "Bullshit" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "But Tonight We Dance" | Rise Against | 2007 | ||
| "Chamber the Cartridge" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Collapse " | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Dancing for Rain" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Dead Ringer" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Death Blossoms" | Rise Against | Downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour | ||
| "Dirt and Roses" | Rise Against | Avengers Assemble (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | ||
| "" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Disparity by Design" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Drones" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Elective Amnesia" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Endgame" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Entertainment" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Escape Artists" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Everchanging" | Rise Against | |||
| "Faint Resemblance" | Rise Against | |||
| "Far from Perfect" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Fix Me" | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | |||
| "Forfeit" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "From Heads Unworthy" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Generation Lost" | Rise Against | Uncontrollable Fatulence | ||
| "" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Gethsemane" | Rise Against | OIL: Chicago Punk Refined | ||
| "" | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 | 2013 | ||
| "Give It All" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Grammatizator" | Rise Against | Rise Against 7" | ||
| "Great Awakening" | Rise Against | |||
| "" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Hairline Fracture" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Halfway There" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Heaven Knows" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Help Is on the Way" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Hero of War" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Historia Calamitatum" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "House on Fire" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "How Many Walls" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Injection" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Join the Ranks" | Rise Against | Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat, Die Young | ||
| "Kick Out the Jams" | MC5 | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 | 2013 | |
| "Kotov Syndrome" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Lanterns" | Rise Against | Endgame | 2011 | |
| "Last Chance Blueprint" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Life Less Frightening" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Like the Angel" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Little Boxes" | Little Boxes Dimebag #1 | |||
| "Long Forgotten Sons" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Make It Stop (September's Children)" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Making Christmas" | Nightmare Revisited | |||
| "Megaphone" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Methadone" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Middle of a Dream" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Midnight Hands" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Minor Threat" | Minor Threat | This Is Noise | ||
| "Miracle" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Monarch" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Mourning in Amerika" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "My Life Inside Your Heart" | Rise Against | |||
| "Nervous Breakdown" | Lords of Dogtown: Music from the Motion Picture | |||
| "Nowhere Generation" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Obstructed View" | Rise Against | Your Scene Sucks: The Hardcore Comp | ||
| "Paper Wings" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Parts Per Million" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "People Live Here" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Politics of Love" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Prayer of the Refugee" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Re-Education (Through Labor)" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Ready to Fall" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Reception Fades" | Rise Against | |||
| "Remains of Summer Memories" | Rise Against | |||
| "Roadside" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Rules of Play" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Satellite" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Savior" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Sight Unseen" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Six Ways 'Til Sunday" | Rise Against | |||
| "Sliver" | Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 | 2013 | ||
| "Sometimes Selling Out Is Giving Up" | Rise Against | |||
| "Sooner or Later" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Sounds Like" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Stained Glass and Marble" | Rise Against | |||
| "State of the Union" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Sudden Life" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Sudden Urge" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "Survive" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Survivor Guilt" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Swing Life Away" | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | ||
| "Talking to Ourselves" | Rise Against | Nowhere Generation | 2021 | |
| "This Is Letting Go" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Tip the Scales" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "To the Core" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "To Them These Streets Belong" | Rise Against | Siren Song of the Counter Culture | 2004 | |
| "Torches" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Tragedy + Time" | Rise Against | 2014 | ||
| "Under the Knife" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "" | Rise Against | |||
| "" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Voice of Dissent" | Rise Against | Rise Against 7" | ||
| "Voices Off Camera:" | Rise Against | Revolutions per Minute | ||
| "Wait for Me" | Rise Against | Endgame | ||
| "Weight of Time" | Rise Against | |||
| "Welcome to the Breakdown" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Whereabouts Unknown" | Rise Against | Appeal to Reason | ||
| "Wolves" | Rise Against | Wolves | 2017 | |
| "Worth Dying For" | Rise Against | 2006 | ||
| "Zero Visibility" | Rise Against | 2014 |