Gift Shop (song)

"Gift Shop"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Trouble at the Henhouse
Released 1996
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:57
Label MCA
Writer(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer Mark Howard, The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
Ahead by a Century
(1996)		 'Gift Shop'
(1996)		 700 Ft. Ceiling
(1996)

"Gift Shop" is the second single by The Tragically Hip from the band's fifth studio album, Trouble at the Henhouse. The song was a successful follow-up to the band's previous hit single "Ahead by a Century", peaking at #4 on Canada's RPM Singles Chart.[1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Gift Shop" was directed by Eric Yealland and filmed in Sedona, Arizona in July 1996.[2]

The video reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown for the week of September 20, 1996.[3] The video also won the award for "Best Cinematography" at the 1997 MuchMusic Video Awards.

Charts

Year Peak Chart Position
CAN CAN
Alt.
1996 4[1] 17[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 7, September 30, 1996". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9929&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-09-16. 
  2. ^ "The Tragically Hip - Archive". thehip.com. http://www.thehip.com/archive/index.html?IDNUM=5773&PA=5. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
  3. ^ "MuchMusic Countdown - Fri, Sept 20, 1996". MuchMusic. http://www.muchmusic.com/countdown/index.aspx?CountdownDate=09/20/1996. 
  4. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 63, No. 21, July 08 1996". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3025&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-09-16. 

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The Tragically Hip
Gordon Downie • Rob Baker • Johnny Fay • Paul Langlois • Gord Sinclair
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Studio albums
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Singles
"Small Town Bring-Down" · "Highway Girl" · "Blow at High Dough" · "New Orleans Is Sinking" · "Boots or Hearts" · "38 Years Old" · "Trickle Down" · "Little Bones" · "Three Pistols" · "Twist My Arm" · "Long Time Running" · "On the Verge" · "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" · "Fifty Mission Cap" · "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" · "At the Hundredth Meridian" · "Looking for a Place to Happen" · "Fully Completely" · "Grace, Too" · "Greasy Jungle" · "Nautical Disaster" · "So Hard Done By" · "Scared" · "Thugs" · "Ahead by a Century" "Gift Shop" · "700 Ft. Ceiling" · "Flamenco" · "Springtime in Vienna" · "Poets" · "Something On" · "Fireworks" · "Thompson Girl" · "Bobcaygeon" · "My Music at Work" · "Lake Fever" "The Completists" · "Freak Turbulence" · "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" · "Silver Jet" · "The Darkest One" · "Vaccination Scar" · "Summer's Killing Us" · "It Can't Be Nashville Every Night" · "In View" · "The Lonely End of the Rink" · "Yer Not the Ocean" · "Family Band" · "Love Is a First" · "Morning Moon" · "Speed River" · "Land"
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