Song · The Tragically Hip
“Scared” by The Tragically Hip
From the album Day for Night (1994)
“Scared” by The Tragically Hip appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1994 on the album Day for Night. Its best result is #352 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,883 alternative song of all time.
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"Scared" comes from Day for Night, the Tragically Hip's 1994 album, and went out as its fifth single in September 1995, after "So Hard Done By". All five share the writing credit: Gord Downie sings, Rob Baker and Paul Langlois play electric guitar, Gord Sinclair bass and Johnny Fay drums, and the band produced, recorded and mixed it with Mark Howard, Mark Vreeken serving as associate producer.
It reportedly has a subject, too. Allan Gregg, the Canadian pollster and political adviser, was a partner at the Management Trust, the firm managing the band back then, and he has said on the Toronto Mike'd podcast that they wrote the song as a reply to criticism he gave them on early versions of the Day for Night tracks. It later landed in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie in 2006.
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 | 352 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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