Canadian Man

"Canadian Man"
Single by Paul Brandt
from the album Small Towns and Big Dreams
Released	May 2001
Genre	Country
Length	3:19
Label	Brand-T
Songwriter(s)	Steven Graham Pineo
Producer(s)	Paul Brandt, Ben Fowler, Steve Rosen
Paul Brandt singles chronology
"There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do" (2001) "Canadian Man" (2001) "Small Towns and Big Dreams" (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

Weekly chart performance for "Canadian Man"

Chart (2002)	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

References

1. "Country singer Paul Brandt marks Canada's latest hockey gold medals". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
2. "Hits of the World: Canada". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 12. March 23, 2002. p. 52.
3. "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002". Jam!. January 14, 2003. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 22, 2022.