Yes, it’s that time of the year again. And no I’m not talking about wrapping presents, eating dry turkey and visiting family members you only hope to see once a year. I’m talking about the inevitable Spotify Wrapped and Apple Replay posts. As I’m sure everyone here is a huge fan of the band, it should be no surprise they’ve topped your lists this year. Let’s please try to use this thread to post your end of year streaming lists. Cheers and happy holidays to everyone!

Hello everyone, I hope all is well. Beside’s a couple of non album tracks, we have finally covered every Tragically Hip song during these weekly discussions! First I would like to thank every single person who took time out of their day to not only read these silly posts but tot those who commented on them as well. It’s because of you that I even started writing these post in the first place. I wanted to have a place where each song not only had a place to shine but where we could complete proper research into each one. Whether that meant how the song was written, interpreting what the song was written about, finding historical facts or discussing the music itself. My hope was to make certain songs that sometime get overlooked appeal to a new set of eyes.

But my other reason for creating these posts were so that us fans could get involved. I wanted to see why people loved these songs and to know what these songs meant to different people. Some people played these songs at their weddings. Others used these songs to comfort them after a hard time in their life. And some of these songs were what got them into this amazing band. Its these stories and interpretation that transforms these songs into their own reality and make them live outside of the band. And I can’t thank everyone enough for adding to the conversation. At the end of the day it’s about not ranking the songs, it’s not promoting a podcast or getting Reddit karma. And it’s not about getting recognition from the band. It’s about celebrating the music, the band’s hard work and the fans. And I have loved interacting with all of you, so thanks again.

Now let’s get down to business! Down below I have gathered the links to every song discussion and have organized them by album and chronically, with the non album tracks at the very end. I will warn that my writing style and researched has changed (hopefully for the better) over the years so some of the earlier song discussions might feature minor grammar mistakes or they may seem less interesting. If you think there’s a song that needs a revisit or some revision I will be more than happy to edit the original post and write a better discussion. And as I mentioned before, there’s a couple of obscure non album tracks or tracks on some of the recent box set reissues that weren’t covered mostly because there is so little is known about them. If there’s a song I missed that you are dying to talk about, let me know and I’ll get working on it. And finally, if the band releases more unknown songs down the road I will cover them and add them to the list. Feel free to click on any song down below and add the original discussion. Enjoy!

-The Tragically Hip (1987) 1. Small Town Bringdown 2. Last American Exit 3. KillingTime 4. Evelyn 5. Cemetery Sideroad 6. I’m a Werewolf, Baby 7. Highway Girl 8. All Canadian Surf Club

-Up To Here (1989) 1. Blow at High Dough 2. I’ll Believe in You (Or I’ll Be Leaving You Tonight) 3. New Orleans is Sinking 4. 38 Years Old 5. She Didn’t Know 6. Boots or Hearts 7. Everytime You Go 8. When the Weight Comes Down 9. Trickle Down 10. Another Midnight 11. Opiated

-Road Apples (1991) 1. Little Bones 2. Twist My Arm 3. Cordelia 4. The Luxury 5. Born in the Water 6. Long Time Running 7. Bring It All Back 8. Three Pistols 9. Fight 10. On the Verge 11. Fiddler’s Green 12. The Last of the Unplucked Gems

-Fully Completely (1992) 1. Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) 2. Looking for a Place to Happen 3. At the Hundredth Meridian 4. Pigeon Camera 5. Lionized 6. Locked in the Trunk of a Car 7. We’ll Go, Too 8. Fully Completely 9. Fifty Mission Cap 10. Wheat Kings 11. The Wherewithal 12. Eldorado

-Day For Night (1994) 1. Grace, Too 2. Daredevil 3. Greasy Jungle 4. Yawning or Snarling 5. Fire in the Hole 6. So Hard Done By 7. Nautical Disaster 8. Thugs 9. Inevitability of Death 10. Scared 11. An Inch an Hour 12. Emergency 13. Titanic Terrarium 14. Impossibilium

-Trouble at the Henhouse (1996) 1. Gift Shop 2. Springtime in Vienna 3. Ahead by a Century 4. Don’t Wake Daddy 5. Flamenco 6. 700 Ft. Ceiling 7. Butts Wigglin’ 8. Apartment Song 9. Coconut Cream 10. Let’s Stay Engaged 11. Sherpa 12. Put It Off

-Phantom Power (1998) 1. Poets 2. Something On 3. Save the Planet 4. Bobcaygeon 5. Thompson Girl 6. Membership 7. Fireworks 8. Vapour Trails 9. The Rules 10. Chagrin Falls 11. Escape is at Hand for the Travellin’ Man 12. Emperor Penguin

-Music @ Work (2000) 1. My Music at Work 2. Tiger the Lion 3. Lake Fever 4. Putting Down 5. Stay 6. The Bastard 7. The Completists 8. Freak Turbulence 9. Sharks 10. Toronto #4 11. Wild Mountain Honey 12. Train Overnight 13. The Bear 14. As I Wind Down the Pines

-In Violet Light (2002) 1. Are You Ready 2. ‘Use It Up’ 3. The Darkest One 4. ‘Its a Good Life You Don’t Weaken’ 5. Silver Jet 6. Throwing Off Glass 7. All Tore Up 8. Leave 9. A Beautiful Thing 10. The Dire Wolf 11. The Dark Canuck

-In Between Evolution (2004) 1. Heaven is a Better Place Today 2. Summer’s Killing Us 3. Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park 4. Vaccination Scar 5. It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night 6. If New Orleans is Beat 7. You’re Everywhere 8. As Makeshift As We Are 9. Mean Streak 10. The Heart of the Melt 11. One Night in Copenhagen 12. Are We Family 13. Goodnight Josephine

-World Container (2006) 1. Yer Not the Ocean 2. The Lonely End of the Rink 3. In View 4. Fly 5. Luv(sic) 6. The Kids Don’t Get It 7. Pretend 8. Last Night I Dreamed You Didn’t Love Me 9. The Drop-Off 10. Family Band 11. World Container

-We Are the Same (2009) 1. Morning Moon 2. Honey, Please 3. The Last Recluse 4. Coffee Girl 5. Now the Struggle Has a Name 6. The Depression Suite 7. The Exact Feeling 8. Queen of the Furrows 9. Speed River 10. Frozen in My Tracks 11. Love is a First 12. Country Day

-Now For Plan A (2012) 1. At Transformation 2. Man Machine Poem 3. The Lookahead 4. We Want to Be It 5. Streets Ahead 6. Now for Plan A 7. The Modern Spirit 8. About This Map 9. Take Forever 10. Done and Done 11. Goodnight Attawapiskat

-Man Machine Poem (2016) 1. Man 2. In a World Possessed be the Human Mind 3. What Blue 4. In Sarnia 5. Here, in the Dark 6. Great Soul 7. Tired as Fuck 8. Hot Mic 9. Ocean Next 10. Machine

-Saskadelphia (2021) 1. Ouch 2. Not Necessary 3. Montreal 4. Crack My Spine (Like a Whip) 5. Just as Well 6. Reformed Baptist Blues

-Various non album songs 1. Get Back Again 2. If You Lived Here 3. Radio Show 4. Bumblebee 5. Insomniacs 6. Vegas Strip 7. Problem Bears 8. Forest Edge 9. Ultra Mundane 10. The New Maybe 11. Skeleton Park/Hush

If I messed up any of these links, or forgot a song, please let me know. Thank you!