Song · Chalk Circle
“This Mourning” by Chalk Circle
From the album Mending Wall (1987)
“This Mourning” by Chalk Circle appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1987 on the album Mending Wall. Its best result is #860 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,834 alternative song of all time.
"This Mourning" was the lead single from Mending Wall, the first full-length album by Canadian band Chalk Circle, issued on Duke Street Records in 1987. Read the title twice: the song grapples with the threat of nuclear annihilation, the dread that ran through everyday life in the '80s.
Chris Tait sings it and plays guitar, Derrick Murphy handles the drums and Brian Leonard the percussion, and Chris Wardman produced it and is credited on bass, with Kenny MacLean adding backing vocals and Ron Searles engineering. The music is credited to the band as a whole. The 12-inch paired an extended mix with two B-sides that never made the album, "Come with Me" and "Believe in Something", and both resurfaced in 1988 when The Great Lake EP came out on CD.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 860 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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