New Orleans Is Sinking
| "New Orleans Is Sinking" | ||||
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MCA | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | The Tragically Hip | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Smith | |||
| The Tragically Hip singles chronology | ||||
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"New Orleans Is Sinking" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in November 1989 as the second single from the band's first full-length studio album, Up to Here. The song reached number-one on the RPM Canadian Content chart.[1] It was also the band's first song to chart in the United States.
The song is one of the band's
Live "workshop"
When performed upon a stage, the middle section of the song was typically given over to an extended jam in which lead singer
In another well-known version which has been widely circulated as a live bootleg, Downie performed Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight";[2] in the version which appears on the band's 1997 live album Live Between Us, he performed David Bowie's "China Girl" and The Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby".
This tradition has also been used by The Hip as a "workshop" to test out and develop new songs which have not yet been recorded; several of the band's later singles, including "Nautical Disaster" and "Ahead by a Century", began as bridge jams during live performances of "New Orleans Is Sinking".[2]
Legacy
In a 2000 poll conducted by the music magazine
In October 2005, several radio stations, including CKQB-FM and CHEZ-FM, temporarily stopped playing the song out of sensitivity to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which had devastated the city of New Orleans in early September of that year.[7][8][9]
Charts
| Chart (1989/1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Singles Chart[10] | 70 |
Canadian Content Chart[1]
|
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[11]
|
30 |
References
- ^ a b "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 51, No. 3, November 18, 1989". RPM. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.
- ^ Adina Bresge (May 13, 2022). "Tragically Hip releasing live album from Hollywood's Roxy Theatre". CBC News. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Top 50 Canadian Songs Of All-Time (Part Two)". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on June 23, 2003. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Top 102 New Rock Songs of All Time". edge.ca. August 31, 2008. Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ^ "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- Chart. Archived from the original on 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2010-08-31.)
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link - ^ Armstrong, Denis. "Storm sinks Tragically Hip classic". Jam!. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Archive News, Glasgow Caledonian University - Tragically Hip song pulled from playlists Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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