Released April 1993 | Recorded 1992 Label MCA | |
Writer(s) Rob BakerGordon DownieJohnny FayPaul LangloisGord Sinclair | ||
"At the Hundredth Meridian" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in April 1993 as the fourth single from the band's 1992 album, Fully Completely. The song peaked at #18 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart. The song was also featured in the Due South episode "Heaven and Earth" in 1995.
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When performing the song live, the band often plays it at a significantly faster tempo than on the album, and uses the instrumental break for a jam session lasting several minutes.
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The song is a reference to the 100th meridian west, which is a line of longitude that separates much of Western Canada from the Central and Atlantic regions of Canada and is where the Great Plains begin, as lead-singer Gordon Downie states in the song.
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The music video for "At the Hundredth Meridian" was directed by Peter Henderson. It was filmed in Melbourne during the band's tour of Australia and New Zealand in March 1993.
In the video, Downie is wearing a ball-cap advertising Gros Morne National Park, located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The video reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown for the week of June 18, 1993.