Hope & Ruin (song)

"Hope & Ruin"
Single by The Trews
from the album Hope & Ruin
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2011
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:00
LabelUniversal Music Canada
Bumstead Records
Songwriter(s)Sean Dalton, Colin MacDonald, John-Angus MacDonald, Jack Syperek, Gord Sinclair
Producer(s)Gord Sinclair
John-Angus MacDonald
The Trews singles chronology
"Highway of Heroes"
(2010) 		"Hope & Ruin"
(2011) 		"The World I Know"
(2011)
Music video
"Hope & Ruin" on YouTube

"Hope & Ruin" is a song by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was the lead single and title track from The Trews' fourth studio album, Hope & Ruin.

Background

According to Colin and John-Angus MacDonald, the song was inspired by the song "Fly" by Nick Drake.[1] The title of the song was taken from the cover of a Rolling Stone magazine released in 2009 after Michael Jackson's death which featured the title "Michael Jackson's Final Days: Hope And Ruin".[1][2] The original opening lyric of the song was "Hope and Ruin, the American Dream".[1]

Music video

The music video for "Hope & Ruin" was directed by Drew Lightfoot, the same man who directed The Trews' video for "Hold Me In Your Arms" in 2007. The video was shot over 4 days on location in Toronto and rural Nova Scotia.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100[3] 78
Canada Rock Chart[4] 5
Canadian Alternative Rock Chart[5] 18

References

  1. ^ a b c "Track By Track: Hope & Ruin: Hope & Ruin". YouTube. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone Cover: 1084: Michael Jackson". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - April 19, 2011". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 7, 2011.