Song · Blue Rodeo
“Rose Coloured Glasses” by Blue Rodeo
From the album Outskirts (1987)
“Rose Coloured Glasses” by Blue Rodeo appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1987 on the album Outskirts. Its best result is #433 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,118 alternative song of all time.
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"Rose Coloured Glasses" comes from Outskirts, the debut album the Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo put out on Risqué Disque in March 1987, and the record got off to a rough start. By Jim Cuddy's account, not one station played the first single, "Outskirts"; the band sold 5000 copies and were told they'd be dropped unless something else happened.
Then "Try" and "Rose Coloured Glasses" both became hits in Canada. Cuddy and Greg Keelor wrote this one together, Keelor takes the lead vocal, and Terry Brown produced it, with Mike Jones engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 433 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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