New Orleans Is Sinking

"New Orleans Is Sinking"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Up to Here
Released	1989
Genre	Rock, Blues-rock
Length	4:16
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	The Tragically Hip
Producer	Don Smith
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
Blow at High Dough (1989) 'New Orleans Is Sinking' (1989) Boots or Hearts (1990)

"New Orleans Is Sinking" is the second single released by The Tragically Hip from the band's debut studio album, Up to Here. The song reached #1 on the RPM Canadian Content chart.^[1] The song has since become one of the band's signature songs and still receives consistent radio airplay. In 2008, the song was ranked #24 on a CFNY-FM (102.1 "The Edge") list of the Top 200 New Rock songs of All Time.^[2]

Hurricane Katrina

In October 2005, several radio stations, including CKQB-FM and CHEZ-FM, temporarily stopped playing the song out of sensitivity to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which had devastated the city of New Orleans in early September of that year.^[3][4][5][6]

Charts

Chart (1989/1990)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	70[7]
RPM Canadian Content Chart	1[1]
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	30[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 51, No. 3, November 18, 1989". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6611&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
2. ^ "Top 102 New Rock Songs of All Time". edge.ca. August 31, 2008. http://www.edge.ca/Music/Top102AllTime.aspx. 
3. ^ MacDougall, David (2005-08-31). "Ottawa Radio Stations Pull Hip Song After Hurricane Tragedy". Chart. http://www.chartattack.com/news/39426/ottawa-radio-stations-pull-hip-song-after-hurricane-tragedy. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
4. ^ Armstrong, Denis. "Storm sinks Tragically Hip classic". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Tragically_Hip/2005/08/31/1194947.html. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
5. ^ The Coast - (The Tragically Hip) lost a ton of royalty money when radio stations pulled...
6. ^ Archive News, Glasgow Caledonian University - Tragically Hip song pulled from playlists
7. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6681&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
8. ^ "The Tragically Hip - Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-tragically-hip-p5683/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 

External links

• "New Orleans Is Sinking" Official music video on YouTube