"Grace, Too" is a song by Canadian rock band

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. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''

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''. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''

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'' Canadian Singles chart.

Live performances

In 1995, The Tragically Hip performed the song on ''

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''. The band also opened their

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performance with this song. During live performances,

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its forma ...

frequently replaced the opening line, "He said I'm fabulously rich" with "He said I'm Tragically Hip", often to applause from the crowd.

Covers

In 2011, the song was covered by

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for the first '' Have Not Been the Same'' charity compilation. Singer-songwriter

Justin Rutledge Justin Rutledge (born January 3, 1979) is a Toronto-based Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter signed to Outside Music. Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both ...

covered the song for his 2014 album '' Daredevil'', an album consisting entirely of Tragically Hip covers."Justin Rutledge Ropes In Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize for Tragically Hip Covers Album"
. ''

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'', January 30, 2014. Following Downie's death in October 2017, country singer

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performed the song during his concert at Kingston's K-Rock Centre on October 19. On October 11, 2018, six days before the one-year anniversary of Downie's death, Johnny Fay and Rob Baker joined Choir! Choir! Choir! at Yonge-Dundas Square for a live performance of the song. The song was covered by

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on their 2020 album ''Omen''.

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"Twin Flames honour Gord Downie with inspired Grace Too cover"
''A Journal of Musical Things'', July 24, 2020.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* 1994 singles The Tragically Hip songs 1994 songs MCA Records singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub