Renegade (song)
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"Renegade" was a 1979 hit for American rock band Styx. It was on their album Pieces of Eight.
[edit] Subject
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The song is a first-person narrative of an outlaw, captured for a bounty, who recognizes that he is about to be executed for his criminal activities. The execution will be by hanging, as the outlaw laments, "Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long."
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[edit] Uses In Other Media
- This song was also on the Billy Madison soundtrack.
- It was also featured briefly in the 2006 film Stick It, though it was not included on its soundtrack.
- In 2006, the song was performed by Chris Daughtry on American Idol.
- It was used during a preview of the 2nd season of the television show Prison Break.
- The song was also played in the pilot episode of the comedy-drama television series Freaks and Geeks .
- It is very popular at Pittsburgh Steeler games, where it is played while images of the opposing team's quarterback being hit are shown.
- It was played during the last scene of "Nightshifter," an episode of the TV series Supernatural, when main characters Sam and Dean manage to escape from the FBI.
