Renegade (HammerFall song) explained

Renegade
Type:	single
Artist:	HammerFall
Album:	Renegade
Released:	21 August 2000
Recorded:	Hansen Studios, Hamburg, October 1998 Ragnarök Studios, Stockholm, May 1999 WireWorld Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, April–June 2000
Genre:	Power metal, heavy metal
Length:	12:38
Label:	Nuclear Blast
Producer:	HammerFall, Michael Wagener, The Wahlqvist Brothers, Kai Hansen, Dirk Schlächter
Prev Title:	I Want Out
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Always Will Be
Next Year:	2000

"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).

It reached 89th in the German charts and scored 17th in Sweden.^[1]

Track listing

Bonus materials^[2]

'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

^[3] 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".
^[4] Limited 7" Test Pressing black Vinyl release with the first two tracks on it. Only a handful were made.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Steffen Hung . HammerFall - Renegade . swedishcharts.com . 2022-08-13.
Web site: HammerFall – Renegade (2000, CD). Discogs.
Web site: HammerFall – Renegade (2000, Red, Vinyl). Discogs.
Web site: HammerFall – Renegade (2000, Vinyl). Discogs.