"Grace, Too" is a song by Canadian rock band
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was 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), bassis ...
. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''
Day for Night''. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''
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Standards
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'' Canadian Singles chart.
Live performances
In 1995, The Tragically Hip performed the song on ''
Saturday Night Live
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''. The band also opened their
Woodstock 1999
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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, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from ...
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
Selina Martin
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for the first ''
Have Not Been the Same'' charity compilation.
Singer-songwriter
Justin Rutledge
Justin John 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.
In 2006, Justi ...
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"]
. ''Exclaim!
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'', January 30, 2014.
Following Downie's death in October 2017, country singer
Dallas Smith
Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the curr ...
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
at
Yonge-Dundas Square for a live performance of the song.
The song was covered by
Twin Flames on their 2020 album ''Omen''.
On September 5, 2024, it was one of three songs, alongside "
Ahead by a Century" and "
Bobcaygeon
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", performed by Choir! Choir! Choir! in a public singalong following the premiere of the documentary series ''
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal'' at the
2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film ''Nutcrackers (film), Nutcrackers'', and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film ''The Deb (fil ...
.
[David Friend]
"Tragically Hip fans belt out band’s classics en masse as TIFF gets underway"
''Toronto Star
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...
'', September 5, 2024.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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1994 singles
The Tragically Hip songs
1994 songs
MCA Records singles
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