{"data":{"id":"d4968a17-e4f9-451d-b635-9dd6c4f25eca","originKind":"SYNDICATED","title":"The Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket: The quarterfinals","summary":"As the great Gord Downie once sang, “No dress rehearsal.”\n\nAfter 120 days of pitting songs from Canada’s most beloved band, we’re into the “playoffs” of The Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket. Just seven matchups (well, eight, if you count the third-place contest) to go until we crown a winner.\n\nOver the last four months, fans have had an opportunity to listen, debate and vote for their favourites, culminating in a pretty solid list of hits competing in the Elite Eight:\n\n• Nautical Disaster\n\n• Grace, Too\n\n• At the Hundredth Meridian\n\n• Blow at High Dough\n\n• Wheat Kings\n\n• Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)\n\n• Ahead By A Century\n\n• Fiddler’s Green\n\nToday’s matchup: #16 seed Nautical Disaster vs. #9 seed Grace, Too\n\nThe results have proven interesting, as a fan and observer of the tournament. No.1 seed Bobcaygeon was eliminated, classic single New Orleans is Sinking is absent. Even band-favourite Springtime in Vienna bowed out early.\n\nWhat do you think the winner will be? Leave a comment below.\n\nHave a listen to all the songs in the quarterfinals below:\n\nNew matchups will run daily this week.\n\nRelated The Tragically Hip on their last-ever concert: 'It felt like the end'\n\nThe Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket: Round of 16\n\nBookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add EdmontonJournal.com and EdmontonSun.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.\n\nYou can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton Sun.","url":"https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/the-tragically-hip-best-song-tournament","imageUrl":"https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/edmontonjournal/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hip-downie-9_48219387.jpg","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T15:33:45.000Z","sourceLabel":"Edmonton Journal Music","tags":["Entertainment","Music"],"authorName":"Dave Breakenridge","contentHtml":"\"The

As the great Gord Downie once sang, “No dress rehearsal.”

After 120 days of pitting songs from Canada’s most beloved band, we’re into the “playoffs” of The Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket . Just seven matchups (well, eight, if you count the third-place contest) to go until we crown a winner.

Over the last four months, fans have had an opportunity to listen, debate and vote for their favourites, culminating in a pretty solid list of hits competing in the Elite Eight:

• Nautical Disaster

• Grace, Too

• At the Hundredth Meridian

• Blow at High Dough

• Wheat Kings

• Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)

• Ahead By A Century

• Fiddler’s Green

Today’s matchup: #16 seed Nautical Disaster vs. #9 seed Grace, Too

The results have proven interesting, as a fan and observer of the tournament. No.1 seed Bobcaygeon was eliminated, classic single New Orleans is Sinking is absent. Even band-favourite Springtime in Vienna bowed out early.

What do you think the winner will be? Leave a comment below.

Have a listen to all the songs in the quarterfinals below:

New matchups will run daily this week.

Related

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