Song · Spirit of the West
“And If Venice Is Sinking” by Spirit of the West
From the album Faithlift (1993)
“And If Venice Is Sinking” by Spirit of the West appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1993 on the album Faithlift. Its best result is #947 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,363 alternative song of all time.
Spirit of the West put "And if Venice Is Sinking" on Faithlift in 1993, and it's a honeymoon postcard from the Canadian folk-rock band. John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly wrote it, and the story is Mann's: a trip to Venice with his new wife, and a city he fell for so hard he'd rather go down with it than ever leave. There's a bawdy wink in there too, a nod to Marino Marini's sculpture L'Angelo della Città.
Michael Phillip Wojewoda produced and engineered it, Neil Nicholson sits in on tuba, and for the last chorus the band rounded up friends, family and Wojewoda himself to sing along, billed in the liner notes as the Venetian Choir. It later turned up twice on the hits collection Hit Parade: the studio cut, and a live take with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 947 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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