Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)

"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.

The song's bracketed title references author Hugh MacLennan,[1] because lines from his 1959 novel The Watch That Ends the Night are paraphrased in the song's final verse.

The song was nominated for "Single of the Year" at the 1994 Juno Awards.

Between 1995 and 2016, "Courage" was the most played Tragically Hip song on rock radio stations in Canada.

[4] In 1997, the song was covered by Sarah Polley for use in the film The Sweet Hereafter and its soundtrack.