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Renegade (HammerFall song)

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Released
  
21 August 2000

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Length
  
12:38

Recorded
  
Hansen Studios, Hamburg, October 1998Ragnarök Studios, Stockholm, May 1999WireWorld Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, April–June 2000

Genre
  
Power metal, Heavy metal

Writer(s)
  
Dronjak, Cans, Jesper Strömblad

"Renegade" is a song by HammerFall, the first single from their album Renegade. It was released on 21 August 2000 and contains three audio tracks (two of those are non-album tracks), screensavers and a video special.
It includes a cover version of the 1983 Accept song "Head over Heels" (from their album Balls to the Wall).

Contents

It reached 89th in the German charts and scored 17th in Sweden.

Bonus materials

  • 'Behind the scenes' footage from the recording session.
  • HammerFall screensaver.

    • Personnel

  • Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals
  • Oscar Dronjak - Guitar and backing vocals
  • Stefan Elmgren - Lead guitar
  • Magnus Rosén - Bass guitar
  • Anders Johansson - Drums

    • Additional Personnel

  • Track 1: vocals, guitar and keyboards by Kai Hansen, backing vocals by Udo Dirkschneider.
  • Track 2: backing vocals by the Wahlqvist Brothers.
  • Track 3: lead vocals by Udo Dirkschneider, backing vocals by Kai Hansen.

    • Release information

  • Limited 7" Red Vinyl release with two tracks: "Renegade" on A-side and "Head Over Heels" on B-side. "Head Over Heels" is taken from the Nuclear Blast compilation "A Tribute to Accept".
  • Limited 7" Test Pressing black Vinyl release with the first two tracks on it. Only a handful were made.

    • References

    Renegade (HammerFall song) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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