Little Bones

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"Little Bones"
The Tragically Hip Little Bones.webp
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Road Apples
Released1991
RecordedSeptember 1990
Studio Barris (New Orleans)
Genre Rock
Length4:44
Label MCA
Sire (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Don Smith
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"38 Years Old"
(1990)		"Little Bones"
(1991)		"Three Pistols"
(1991)

"Little Bones" is a song by the Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Road Apples , on which it appears as the opening track. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at No. 11 on the RPM Singles chart. [1]

Contents

Background

The song was written in New Orleans during the recording of Road Apples . It was originally an acoustic guitar based song with music composed by bassist Gord Sinclair. [2]

The inspiration behind the song's title came from when singer and lyricist Gord Downie read The Last of the Crazy People by Timothy Findley. The book featured a cat named Little Bones, which he thought would make a good song title. Months later, during the recording of Road Apples, Downie was reminded of this when he had a conversation with a cab driver who warned him about "little bones" in chicken. This would also inspire the chorus of the song. [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [1] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [3] 84

References

  1. 1 2 "Top Singles – Volume 53, No. 22, May 04 1991". RPM . Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "On the Verge". The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal . 2024. 4:30 minutes in.
  3. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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