Artist · chart history
Hawksley Workman
Solo artist Huntsville Canada
Hawksley Workman is an artist from Huntsville. Hawksley Workman has 4 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Smoke Baby”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #27. The station that charted Hawksley Workman most often is The Bear (Ottawa, ON), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Hawksley Workman, the Canadian songwriter born Ryan Corrigan in Huntsville in 1975, spent 2003 making the case for the showman nobody asked for and everybody needed: Lover/Fighter, a record that swings from cabaret swoon to glam-rock strut without ever apologizing for the costume change. "Smoke Baby", "We Will Still Need A Song" and "Anger As Beauty" all came off it, and together they sound like a guy who can't see why the cabaret and the arena shouldn't share a stage.
He is very nearly a one-man band. Guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, the vocals: he plays them on his records, trades between them onstage, and usually engineers and produces the results himself. He also works fast, cutting whole albums in a matter of weeks and refusing to spend more than a single day on any one song, which explains the jittery, caught-in-the-act energy of the best stuff. Eleven full-length albums have come out of that restless method.
The Junos noticed early, handing him Video of the Year in 2002. Later he acted in Michael McGowan's films Score: A Hockey Musical and Still Mine, and in 2013 he started Mounties with Ryan Dahle of Limblifter and Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hawksley Workman on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Baby | 1 | #27 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | We Will Still Need A Song | 1 | #53 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Anger As Beauty | 2 | #73 | – | 2003 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 27 | Smoke Baby | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 53 | We Will Still Need A Song | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2003 | 87 | Anger As Beauty | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 |
| 2003 | 73 | Anger As Beauty | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 |
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