Canadian Man Explained

Canadian Man
Cover:	Paul Brandt - Canadian Man single.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Paul Brandt
Album:	Small Towns and Big Dreams
Released:	May 2001
Genre:	Country
Length:	3:19
Label:	Brand-T
Producer:	Paul Brandt, Ben Fowler, Steve Rosen
Prev Title:	There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Small Towns and Big Dreams
Next Year:	2001

"Canadian Man" (also titled Canadian Man: Hockey) is a song written by Steven Graham Pineo and recorded by Canadian country music artist Paul Brandt. It was released in May 2001 as the lead single from his live album, Small Towns and Big Dreams. The hockey version of the song reached number-one on the Canadian Singles Chart in March 2002, being his only hit to reach number-one on the all-genre format.

Music video

The music video was directed by Joel Stewart and premiered in mid-2001.

Olympic rewrite

Brandt changed certain lyrics in the song twice, to reflect the men's gold medal wins at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)!scope="col"

Peak position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Canadian Man"!Chart (2002)!Position

Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	14

Notes and References

1. Web site: Country singer Paul Brandt marks Canada's latest hockey gold medals . 2011-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330060618/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/news/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23562907 . 2012-03-30 . dead .
2. Hits of the World: Canada. Billboard. 114. 12. 52. March 23, 2002.
3. Web site: Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002. Jam!. January 14, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html. September 6, 2004. March 22, 2022.