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“Nautical Disaster” by The Tragically Hip
From the album Day for Night (1994)
“Nautical Disaster” by The Tragically Hip appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2010. It was first released in 1994 on the album Day for Night. Its best result is #122 on the 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,869 alternative song of all time.
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"Nautical Disaster" was the third single from the Tragically Hip's 1994 album Day for Night, out in February 1995, and like a handful of their songs it grew up inside another one, first surfacing on stage as an improvised jam in the bridge of "New Orleans Is Sinking". Gord Downie had most of the words down well before that. Asked to send Toronto Star writer Peter Howell a postcard from Vancouver while the paper covered the 1993 Another Roadside Attraction tour, he mailed back what turned out to be the bulk of the lyric.
The band produced it with Mark Howard, and it's all murk and undertow: Rob Baker and Paul Langlois's guitars circling, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay holding a steady course, Downie's voice riding high over the top. They played it on Saturday Night Live in 1995, alongside "Grace, Too".
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 | 210 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 177 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 122 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 154 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
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