Poets (song)

"Poets"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Phantom Power
ReleasedJune 1998
GenreRock
Length3:59
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)The Tragically Hip
Producer(s)Steve Berlin
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"Springtime in Vienna"
(1997) 		"Poets"
(1998) 		"Something On"
(1998)

"Poets" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in June 1998 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Phantom Power. The song reached number-one on Canada's Alternative chart, and stayed number-one for 12 weeks straight,[1] longer than any song in the history of that chart.

The song was a live staple for the band, and was performed at several of the band's biggest concerts, including their performance at Woodstock 1999, their performance at the Live 8 concert in 2005 (with Dan Aykroyd playing harmonica), and their farewell show in 2016.

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[2] 4
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[3] 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Chart[4] 28
U.S. Billboard Heritage Rock[5] 22
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[6] 39

References

  1. ^ "The Tragically Hip - Poets Rock/Alternative positions". RPM. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 67, No. 18, July 27, 1998". Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  3. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 67, No. 15a, July 13, 1998". RPM. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  4. ^ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 67, No. 20, August 10 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  5. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.


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