“The Other Man” by Sloan

Sloan followed "If It Feels Good Do It" with "The Other Man", the second single lifted from Pretty Together, the Canadian band's sixth album, released on Murderecords in 2001. It's a love-triangle song told from inside the triangle: it grew out of the relationship between Chris Murphy, who sings lead and plays bass, and Leslie Feist, who was also seeing Andrew Whiteman of Broken Social Scene while she was with Murphy.

Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland handle the guitars and Andrew Scott the drums, with Brenndan McGuire recording and producing alongside the band and Dave Ogilvie on the mix. That's heartbreak turned into a hook, and Canada went for it: the single climbed to 18 there and finished 2002 as one of the 35 songs Canadian radio spun most.

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