The Tragically Hip's best song: fans voting through round of 32 bracket
After 96 days of voting, the Edmonton Journal's Hip bracket has narrowed 128 songs down to 32. The next five rounds will wrap in just over a month.
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The Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket has been narrowing down the band's catalog for three months, ranking songs by Spotify streams and letting fans vote in head-to-head matchups.
The bracket started with 128 songs and has now reached round 3—the round of 32. Voting in the first two rounds took 96 days, but the remaining five rounds are expected to finish in just over a month.
Some early fan favourites have already been eliminated. Songs like "Flamenco" and "Escape is At Hand for the Travellin' Man" fell in earlier rounds. Albums including "In Between Evolution," "We Are the Same," "Now For Plan A," and "Man Machine Poem" have been completely knocked out—meaning no songs from those records remain in contention.
The bracket is open to anyone voting daily. The Edmonton Journal is encouraging readers who feel strongly about a particular song to make their case by emailing the editor at dbreakenridge@postmedia.com. A playlist of all remaining songs is available for listening as the voting continues.
Once a champion is crowned, the bracket will have determined the Tragically Hip's best song through a democratic, fan-driven process—not critic consensus. For Hip fans in Edmonton and beyond, it's a chance to see which track truly resonates with the broadest audience.
The facts
How many songs started in the bracket?
The Tragically Hip Best Song Bracket began with 128 songs.
How long did the first two rounds of voting take?
Voting in the first two rounds of the bracket took 96 days.
How many rounds remain after round 32?
Five rounds remain after the round of 32, and they are expected to finish in just over a month.
Which albums have been completely eliminated?
'In Between Evolution', 'We Are the Same', 'Now For Plan A', and 'Man Machine Poem' have been completely knocked out, with no remaining songs from those records in contention.
