Springtime in Vienna

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"Springtime in Vienna"
Hip - Springtime in Vienna single.jpg
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Trouble at the Henhouse
ReleasedMay 1997
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:32
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Mark Vreeken, The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"Flamenco"
(1997)
"Springtime in Vienna"
(1997)
"Poets"
(1998)

"Springtime in Vienna" is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip. It was released in May 1997 as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album, Trouble at the Henhouse . The song peaked at number 11 on Canada's RPM Singles Chart. [1]

Contents

On at least one occasion before his death in 2017, Gord Downie identified "Springtime in Vienna" as his own favourite song from the Tragically Hip repertoire. [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [1] 11
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 [3] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [4] 86

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References

  1. 1 2 "Top Singles - Volume 65, No. 16, June 23, 1997". RPM . Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. "What happens next". The Globe and Mail , October 21, 2016.
  3. "Rock/Alternative - Volume 65, No. 17, June 30, 1997". RPM . Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.