“Lovers In A Dangerous Time” by Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies took "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" from Bruce Cockburn, who first released it on his 1984 album Stealing Fire, and cut their own version in 1991. Cockburn has said the song grew out of watching teenagers in a schoolyard falling for each other, and it sets the rush of new love against the dread of a Cold War world with no promise of a future; listeners have also heard in it the Guatemalan refugee crisis or the early years of AIDS, readings Cockburn said he was happy with.

The Ladies put Ed Robertson on acoustic guitar, Andy Creeggan on piano and tambourine, Jim Creeggan on double bass and Tyler Stewart on drums, with Robertson, Jim Creeggan and Steven Page all singing. They co-produced it with Dan Durbin and Aubrey Winfield, who also handled the mix.

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