So Hard Done By

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"So Hard Done By"
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Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Day for Night
ReleasedMay 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:29
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Mark Howard
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"Nautical Disaster"
(1995)
"So Hard Done By"
(1995)
"Scared"
(1995)

"So Hard Done By" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in May 1995 as the fourth single from the band's 1994 album, Day for Night . A different version is also on the 2014 re-issue of Fully Completely.

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [1] 64
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 [2] 4

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References

  1. "Top Singles - Volume 61, No. 19, June 12, 1995". RPM . Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  2. "Rock/Alternative - Volume 61, No. 25, July 24, 1995". RPM . Retrieved 2010-09-15.