Song · The Tragically Hip
“The Darkest One” by The Tragically Hip
From the album In Violet Light (2002)
“The Darkest One” by The Tragically Hip appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 2002 on the album In Violet Light. Its best result is #67 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #120 hard rock song of 2003.
"The Darkest One" comes off In Violet Light, the eighth full-length album from Canadian rockers the Tragically Hip, released in 2002. The writing credit goes five ways: Gord Downie, who sings it, guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois, bassist Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay. Hugh Padgham produced, engineered and mixed it, with Terry Manning also engineering.
For all its brooding title, the song got a light-hearted video, with Don Cherry and the Trailer Park Boys turning up in it. The album around it debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling close to 33,000 copies in its first week, and went on to go platinum at home.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 67 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
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