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“Poets” by The Tragically Hip

From the album Phantom Power (1998)

“Poets” by The Tragically Hip appears on 23 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1998 and 2019. It was first released in 1998 on the album Phantom Power. Its best result is #19 on the CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #462 alternative song of 1998 and #2,570 alternative song of all time.

23countdowns
5stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1998–2019years charted

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"Poets" opened the door on Phantom Power, the Tragically Hip's sixth album, in 1998, and it's the band at its loosest and most confident: Rob Baker and Paul Langlois tangling electric guitars over a rolling, easygoing groove from Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay, and Gord Downie in full rambling-poet mode on top. All five share the writing credit.

Canada's alternative chart could not let it go, keeping it at number one for 12 straight weeks, a longer run than any other song in that chart's history. It stayed in the set for years, played at Woodstock 1999, at Live 8 in 2005 with Dan Aykroyd on harmonica, and at the farewell show in 2016.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 102.7 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 19 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1999 1874 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 723 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 1874 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1870 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1856 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1830 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1830 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2007 1407 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1494 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 31 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 1520 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 33 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 54 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 1550 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1617 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 45 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2013 1680 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1757 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 645 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2019 518 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 518 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099

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