Scared (The Tragically Hip song)

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"Scared"
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Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Day for Night
ReleasedSeptember 1995
Genre Folk
Length5:08
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Mark Howard
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"So Hard Done By"
(1995)
"Scared"
(1995)
"Thugs"
(1996)

"Scared" is a song by Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. It was released in September 1995 as the fifth single from their 1994 album, Day for Night . The song peaked at number 57 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart. [1] It was featured in the 2006 film Trailer Park Boys: The Movie and was included on its soundtrack.

The song was reportedly written about by Allan Gregg, a Canadian pollster and political advisor. At the time, the Tragically Hip were managed by the Management Trust Ltd., where Gregg was a partner. As he discussed on the Toronto Mike'd podcast, Gregg says the band wrote the song in response to some critical feedback he provided on early versions of tracks for the band's 1994 album, Day for Night . [2]

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [1] 57

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References

  1. 1 2 "Top Singles – Volume 62, No. 14, November 06 1995". RPM . Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  2. Boon, Mike (January 22, 2025). "Allan Gregg: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1618". TorontoMike.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.