Annette Ducharme

Annette Ducharme
Born
Annette Marie Jeanne Ducharme

February 23
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
Years active1981–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
  • Capitol
  • Beggars Bliss
  • Fuel
  • Dream Control Music
Websiteanetmusic.com

Annette Ducharme, also known as Anet[1] (born February 23 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She is best known as a songwriter for other performers, including Tom Cochrane and Lawrence Gowan, but has also recorded several albums, both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Bowers-Ducharme (with James Bowers).[1]

Ducharme is also known for her song "Start Again," co-written with Darren Radtke. It is known among television viewers worldwide as the theme song of the CBC Television teen soap opera Edgemont.

Ducharme, a Franco-Ontarian, was born in Windsor, Ontario.

History

1989-1992

In 1989, Ducharme released her debut studio album, Blue Girl. It's lead single "No Such Thing" peaked at number 51 on the RPM Singles Chart for the week of June 12, 1989.[2]

1993–1996: Bliss Records and Don't Argue with Her

In 1993, Ducharme formed her own record label, Bliss Records. In 1996, she released "Change Your Mind" as the lead single from Don't Argue with Her (known internationally as Bloom).[3]

1997–2002: Tortured and Talented Girl

On July 2, 2002, Ducharme released her fifth studio album, Talented Girl, under Sextant Records.[4] The song "Nicotine" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 drama film Thirteen.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with track listings
Title Album details
Blue Girl
Track listing
  • 1. "No Such Thing"
  • 2. "Played with Fire"
  • 3. "Blue Girl"
  • 4. "Middle of the Night"
  • 5. "Innocents Will Rise"
  • 6. "I Will Remain"
  • 7. "Slavery"
  • 8. "Get Back"
  • 9. "Runaway Dream"
  • 10. "Every Step of the Way"
  • 11. "How to Let Go"
Sanctuary
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Beggar's Bliss
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Sanctuary"
  • 2. "Great Escape"
  • 3. "Will of the Gun"
  • 4. "Stay - Don't Go"
  • 5. "Garden of Love"
  • 6. "Break Down the Fences"
  • 7. "Moody Windows"
  • 8. "Livin' on the Edge"
  • 9. "Can't Go Back"
  • 10. "Nothing I Can Do"
  • 11. "Queen with a Vegas Taste"
  • 12. "No Longer Naïve"
  • 13. "The End"
Bloom
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Bliss
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Change Your Mind"
  • 2. "Moral"
  • 3. "Flowers in the Concrete"
  • 4. "Insanity Is King"
  • 5. "Talk to the Waves"
  • 6. "Love Is a Bomb"
  • 7. "Hurts My Dreams"
  • 8. "Best Waste of Time (535)"
  • 9. "Here and Now"
  • 10. "Polarize"
  • 11. "Enemy"
Tortured
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: A-ttack
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Tortured"
  • 2. "Stop Shooting Me"
  • 3. "Cursed"
  • 4. "Realness"
  • 5. "Normal"
  • 6. "Die 4 U"
  • 7. "Whore"
  • 8. "Stuff"
  • 9. "L'Etat D'Amour"
  • 10. "Astronauts"
  • 11. "Friends"
  • 12. "For the Moon"
Talented Girl
  • Released: July 2, 2002
  • Label: Sextant
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Nicotine"
  • 2. "Talented Girl"
  • 3. "Abductee"
  • 4. "Toilet Trained"
  • 5. "Chill Out"
  • 6. "Liar"
  • 7. "Everything"
  • 8. "I Explode"
  • 9. "Electric Chair"
  • 10. "Telepathy"
  • 11. "Far Out Far Out"
Wreck•Age
Track listing
  • 1. "Wounds"
  • 2. "Apocalips"
  • 3. "Not Afraid Anymore"
  • 4. "Save the World"
  • 5. "Listen"
  • 6. "Don't Argue with Angels (Sean's Song)"
  • 7. "Murder"
  • 8. "The One"
  • 9. "Revolving Doors"
  • 10. "Convince Me"
  • 11. "Head Around It"
  • 12. "Life Is What"

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with track listings
Title Album details
Lost in the 80's
  • Released: February 23, 2023
  • Label: Dream Control Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  • 1. "Slavery: Dancing with These Chains On"
  • 2. "Rhythm of the Silence"
  • 3. "Share a Little Lite"
  • 4. "Lord of the Dance"
  • 5. "Heartless Heart"
  • 6. "Can't Turn It Off"
  • 7. "Purpose in Life"
  • 8. "Arrow"
  • 9. "Last Night's Escapade" (live)
  • 10. "Man Is a Lonely Beast"
  • 11. "Emotions Never Lie"
  • 12. "Take Good Care of My Love"

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CAN
[5]
"No Such Thing" 1989 51 Blue Girl
"Slavery" 62
"Middle of the Night" —
"Sanctuary" 1994 62 Sanctuary
"Will of the Gun" —
"Change Your Mind" 1996 — Don't Argue with Her
"Tortured" 1997 — Tortured
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Filmography

Film, television, and video game
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Need for Speed: Underground 2 Various voices Voice only
2008 Left to Blossom Lynn
2009 The Portside Pat
2013 Supernatural Possessed Woman
2013 Untold Stories of the E.R. Admin Nurse
2016 Shut Eye Homeless Woman

Composer

References

  1. ^ a b Dillon, Charlotte. "Biography: Annette Ducharme". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ^ "RPM Top Singles". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 12, 1989. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Reece, Doug (October 26, 1996). "Northern Exposure". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "This Week". The Gazette. June 27, 2002. p. D4.
  5. ^ For peak chart positions of Ducharme's Canadian singles from 1989–1994 see RPM chart books.


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