At the Hundredth Meridian

"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.^[1] The song was also featured in the Due South episode "Heaven and Earth" in 1995.

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.^[2]^[3]

Content

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.

Music video

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. ^[4]

The video reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown for the week of June 18, 1993.^[5]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart^[1]	18

References

1 2 "Top Singles - Volume 57, No. 25, July 03 1993". RPM. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
↑ "The Tragically Hip - At the Hundredth Meridian - Live at Copps Coliseum". The Tragically Hip (Youtube.com). Nov 9, 2010.
↑ "At the Hundredth Meridian - Live in Madison, WI". FromThePigeonCamera (Youtube.com). 20 May 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
↑ "The Tragically Hip - Archive". thehip.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
↑ "MuchMusic Countdown - Fri, Jun 18, 1993". MuchMusic.

External links

"At The Hundredth Meridian" Official music video on YouTube

The Tragically Hip

Gord Downie Rob Baker Johnny Fay Paul Langlois Gord Sinclair Davis Manning

Studio albums	Up to Here Road Apples Fully Completely Day for Night Trouble at the Henhouse Phantom Power Music @ Work In Violet Light In Between Evolution World Container We Are the Same Now for Plan A Man Machine Poem

Live albums	Live Between Us

EPs	The Tragically Hip

Compilations	Hipeponymous Yer Favourites

DVDs	Heksenketel That Night in Toronto

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" "Land" "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" "At Transformation" "Streets Ahead" "Radio Show" "In a World Possessed by the Human Mind"

Related articles	Discography Another Roadside Attraction Canadian rock Trailer Park Boys Made in Canada The Sweet Hereafter Side projects: Coke Machine Glow Battle of the Nudes The Grand Bounce Secret Path Stripper's Union Stripper's Union Local 518

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