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Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip
Phantom Power is an album by The Tragically Hip, released in 1998. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 33 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Poets”, on 23 lists with a best position of #19.
Phantom Power, the Tragically Hip's sixth album, arrived in July 1998 from the Kingston, Ontario five-piece: Gord Downie singing, Paul Langlois and Rob Baker on guitars, Gord Sinclair on bass and Johnny Fay on drums. It entered the Canadian albums chart at No. 1 on sales of 108,000, passed 400,000 in Canada by February 1999 and has since gone eight times platinum.
"Poets" was the first single, a loose-limbed, wiry rocker that sat at No. 1 on RPM's alternative chart for 12 straight weeks, the longest run that chart ever saw. "Bobcaygeon" is the gentle, starlit one, and it became a signature song, winning the Juno for Single of the Year in 2000. Elsewhere "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" salutes Jim Ellison of Material Issue, and the band cut "Something On" when the ice storm of 1998 trapped them in the studio. At the 1999 Junos the album took both Best Rock Album and Best Album Design.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Phantom Power on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poets | 23 | #19 | – | 1998–2019 | |
| 2 | Bobcaygeon | 8 | #17 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 3 | Fireworks | 2 | #148 | – | 1999–2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.