Nautical Disaster (song)

"Nautical Disaster"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Day for Night
Released 1995
Genre Rock, Alternative rock
Length 4:43
Label MCA
Writer(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Mark Howard
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
Greasy Jungle
(1994)
Nautical Disaster
(1995)
So Hard Done By
(1995)
Music video
"Nautical Disaster" on YouTube

"Nautical Disaster" is the third single by The Tragically Hip from the band's 1994 album, Day for Night. The song peaked at #26 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart.[1] The song was performed by the band on their 1995 appearance on Saturday Night Live, along with the band's previous single "Grace, Too".

The song is one of several Tragically Hip singles which were developed from improvised bridge jams during live performances of the band's signature song "New Orleans Is Sinking".[2]

Justin Rutledge performed an acoustic cover of the song on his 2013 album Valleyheart.

References

  1. "Top Singles - Volume 61, No. 10, April 10, 1995". RPM. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  2. Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.


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