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“Courage” by The Tragically Hip

Released 1997

“Courage” by The Tragically Hip appears on 25 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1997. Its best result is #42 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,535 alternative song of all time.

25countdowns
8stations
#42best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2025years charted

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The Tragically Hip - Courage - For Hugh MacLennan (Official Video)

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The Tragically Hip pulled "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" off Fully Completely, their 1992 album, as its third single in February 1993, and the name in the brackets is a literary tip of the hat: the final verse reworks lines from MacLennan's 1959 novel The Watch That Ends the Night. That's the Hip all over, a rock band with a library card, Gord Downie singing over Rob Baker and Paul Langlois on electric guitars, Gord Sinclair on bass and Johnny Fay on drums, all five sharing the writing credit. Chris Tsangarides produced and engineered.

It did better than anything they'd put out before, climbing to 10 on Canada's RPM singles chart, giving them their highest-charting song in both the US and the Netherlands, and picking up a Single of the Year nomination at the 1994 Juno Awards.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 88 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1999 1913 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 79 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 499 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1914 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 494 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1914 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1899 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1086 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1860 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1862 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2007 886 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 882 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 42 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 906 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 64 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 63 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 968 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1016 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1077 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 89 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 882 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 487 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 442 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500

Also listed as: Courage (for Hugh MacLennan).

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