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“Renegades” by X Ambassadors (Inspiring Music Video)

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About

This video was first published to YouTube on 9 June 2015. By May2017, it had 25 million views and by May 2022 34 million views.

The description of the music video below is from Wikipedia:

Renegades” is a song by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was released as the second single from the band’s debut studio album VHS on March 3, 2015. It peaked inside the top ten in ten countries, including France, Germany, Canada and Poland, where it reached number one. In the United States, the song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The song was nominated for the “Top Rock Song” award at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. The song was leveraged as a commercial tie-in with the release of the Jeep Renegade. It was delivered very quickly, just a few days after the request was sent in to Interscope Records as the song was nearly complete when Jeep first approached Interscope. It has been the band’s most successful song so far. “We’re trying not to get too caught up in everything,” X Ambassadors vocalist Sam Harris said. “We’re just glad people like [‘Renegades’] and that it’s having a positive effect on them.” The song was also featured in the second season of The Flash. (Source)

Lyrics

Run away with me
Lost souls and reverie
Running wild and running free
Two kids, you and me

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades

Long live the pioneers
Rebels and mutineers
Go forth and have no fear
Come close the end is near

And I say hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades

All hail the underdogs
All hail the new kids
All hail the outlaws
Spielberg’s and Kubrick’s

It’s our time to make a move
It’s our time to make amends
It’s our time to break the rules
Let’s begin

And I say hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Leaving like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades

JEEP Commercial

At the time this post was first created (May 2017), this song was being used in Jeep Renegade commercials. This helped popularize the song.

The commercials are no longer available on YouTube from JEEP. However, cinematographer Chris Mckechnie has shared one of the commercials he helped produce. The date of that video is 24 Nov 2015. [View]

Document History

  • The embedded videos of the 2017 Jeep commercials have been removed since they were no long available on YouTube. The page was reformatted to use the current WordPress block format. (29 May 2022 at 7:10 PM CT)
  • This document was created on 2 May 2017 at 7:27 AM CT.

By Greg Johnson

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