[2] Gall said she particularly liked the song as the message it conveys has remained relevant throughout years and that it marked the memory of many people; she added that she enjoyed singing it on stage, though very tiring to perform, as the energy it required was communicative.

[2] Lyrically, "Résiste", which uses many verbs in the imperative mood in the refrain, is a call to individual resistance and self-affirmation by refusing calibrated and unmeaning lifes, which leads to protect one's freedom of choice.

Nathalie Lacube of La Croix considered that "Résiste" has deeper lyrics that it seems at first view and that a whole generation in search of more solidarity and generosity found itself in these words and appropriated them.

At three different moments, French actress Sabine Azéma, who portrayed Odile, lipsynched part of the song's refrain (sung by Gall) to her relatives and friends to do them understand that they should be actors of their own life.

[6] In March 2020, Solène Pugnet, an educational assistant in La Ravoire asked on social networks to film oneself singing "Résiste" to support nurses in their management of the coronavirus pandemic; produced in ten days, the music video posted on the Internet showed a total of 69 French anonymous singers.