New Orleans Is Sinking

"New Orleans Is Sinking"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Up to Here
Released	November 1989
Genre	Rock, blues rock
Length	4:17
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	The Tragically Hip
Producer(s)	Don Smith
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"Blow at High Dough" (1989) "New Orleans Is Sinking" (1989) "Boots or Hearts" (1990)

"New Orleans Is Sinking" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in November 1989 as the second single from the band's first full-length studio album, Up to Here. The song reached number-one on the RPM Canadian Content chart.^[1] It was also the band's first song to chart in the United States.

The song is one of the band's signature songs and still receives consistent radio airplay in Canada.