Three Pistols

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"Three Pistols"
Three Pistols.jpg
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Road Apples
Released1991
RecordedBarris Studios (New Orleans)
September 1990
Genre Rock
Length3:48
Label MCA
Sire (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Don Smith
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"Little Bones"
(1991)
"Three Pistols"
(1991)
"Twist My Arm"
(1991)

"Three Pistols" is a song by The Tragically Hip. The song was released as the second single from the band's second studio album, Road Apples . The song reached No. 1 on the RPM CANCON (Canadian Content) chart. [1] The title of the song refers to the city of Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, and the song is about the Canadian artist Tom Thomson. [2]

Charts

YearPeak Chart Position
CAN CAN Content (Cancon)
199159 [3] 1 [1]

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