The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Written, composed, and performed by Gordon Lightfoot, this 1976 folk rock ballad memorializes the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. The song reached number 1 in Canada on the RPM chart and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while following Lightfoot's death in 2023, it reached number twenty on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.