"My Music at Work" is a song by

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group

The Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassi ...

. It is the first single and title track from the band's seventh studio album, ''

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''. The song was a hit in the band's native country, peaking at 2 on Canada's Rock chart.

Music video

The music video for "My Music at Work" was directed by

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and filmed in the lobby of

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North, which is part of the headquarters for the Canadian bank

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. The video features the band performing under the pseudonym "The Filters". The band's musical performance in the video was filmed at The Opera House in

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on May 14, 2000.

Awards and nominations

*The music video was nominated for two awards at the 2000 MuchMusic Video Awards, with McCulloch winning for "

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". *The video reached No. 1 on

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for two consecutive weeks between August 18 and 25.

Covers

At the

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in 2016, the night after the Tragically Hip commenced their

Man Machine Poem Tour The Man Machine Poem Tour was a concert tour by The Tragically Hip in support of their thirteenth full-length studio album ''Man Machine Poem''. The tour consisted of 15 shows, the first held on July 22, 2016, in Victoria, British Columbia, and ...

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included a version of the song in their set."Watch: Arkells honour The Tragically Hip with a rousing rendition of 'My Music At Work'"
''

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'', August 19, 2016.

Charts

References

External links

* 2000 singles The Tragically Hip songs 2000 songs Universal Records singles Songs about music {{2000s-single-stub