Cut the Cord

"Cut the Cord" is a song by American rock band Shinedown. It was released on June 29, 2015 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Threat to Survival. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, their ninth single to do so. It was featured as the official theme song of WWE’s Hell in a Cell (2015).

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Release

The song was released on June 29, 2015 as an audio clip and single, and its accompanying music video was released the following day.

Song meaning

Through a post on the band's Facebook page, vocalist Brent Smith described "Cut the Cord" as "the statement to the world that you will not give up, you will not give in, and you refuse to fail."^[2] In an interview with the American magazine Billboard, Smith said the song was "brutally honest and unapologetic." He also described it as essentially "a wake-up call reminding us all that we can control our own destiny by finding the courage and tenacity to destroy whatever it is that's holding us back."^[3]

Track listing

"Cut the Cord"
"Black Cadillac"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Canada Rock (Billboard)^[4]	23
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[5]	4
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[6]	10
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)^[7]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[8]	28
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	30

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[10]	Platinum	80,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Shinedown - Threat to Survival (Album Review) - CrypticRock Cryptic Rock". Retrieved October 9, 2015.
^ Childers, Chad (June 29, 2015). "Shinedown Unleash Aggressive New Song 'Cut the Cord'". Loudwire. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
^ Allegrezza, Kim (June 29, 2015). "Shinedown offer aggressive, gritty sound in 'Cut the Cord'". Axs.com. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
^ "Shinedown Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Shinedown Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Shinedown Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
^ "Shinedown Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
^ "Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Shinedown – Cut the Cord". Music Canada. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Shinedown – Cut the Cord". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

v t e Shinedown
Brent Smith Barry Kerch Zach Myers Eric Bass Jasin Todd Brad Stewart Nick Perri
Studio albums	Leave a Whisper Us and Them The Sound of Madness Amaryllis Threat to Survival Attention Attention Planet Zero
EPs	iTunes Session Acoustic Sessions
Singles	"Fly from the Inside" "45" "Simple Man" "Burning Bright" "Save Me" "I Dare You" "Heroes" "Devour" "Second Chance" "Sound of Madness" "If You Only Knew" "The Crow & the Butterfly" "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" "Bully" "Unity" "Enemies" "I'll Follow You" "Adrenaline" "Cut the Cord" "State of My Head" "Asking For It" "How Did You Love" "Devil" "Get Up" "Monsters" "Attention Attention" "Atlas Falls" "Planet Zero" "Daylight" "A Symptom of Being Human"
Music DVDs	Live from the Inside Somewhere in the Stratosphere
Related articles	Discography Volumes, 1 & 2

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