Styx performs “Renegade” “Renegade” is a 1979 hit song recorded by the American rock band Styx on their eighth studio album, Pieces of Eight. Written and sung by singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw, “Renegade” is an uptempo hard rock song from the perspective of a wanted criminal who knows his choices will lead to his death. “Renegade” was a hit on both Canadian and American sales charts, and is often regarded as one of the band’s best songs. The song is a first-person narrative of an outlaw, captured f