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"Rise Up" is a pop song recorded by the Canadian group Parachute Club on their self-titled 1983 album. It was produced and engineered by Daniel Lanois. It remains Parachute Club's best-known song. Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub- genre of it. ... Parachute Club was a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1983. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec, Canada) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ...

An upbeat call for peace, celebration, and "freedom / to love who we please," the song was a national hit in Canada, and was quickly adopted as a gay anthem. "Rise Up" remains a widely-remembered 1980s standard, gay anthem, and positive inspirational song in Canada. Peace is generally defined as a state of quiet or tranquillity, as an absence of disturbance or agitation (Latin derivation Pax = Absentia Belli). ... A gay anthem is a song, usually of the dance music genre that has become widely popular among or has been associated with the gay community; usually gay men. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

The song won a 1984 Juno Award for Single of the Year, over fellow nominees "Cuts Like a Knife" and "Straight from the Heart" by Bryan Adams, "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart, and "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats. The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ... Bryan Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a successful Canadian singer and songwriter. ... Corey Hart (born May 31, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian pop musician who was most popular during the 1980s. ... Men Without Hats is a Canadian pop group from Montreal, Quebec who were popular in the early 1980s. ...

In the late 1990s, the song was licensed by McCain Foods Limited for a television commercial for self-rising pizza dough. Members of the Parachute Club, who had not retained the rights, publicly opposed this commercial use of a song "embraced for its celebration of the spirit of freedom." [1] (http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_01.15.98/rolling/rollriseup15.html) Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... McCain Foods Limited, a privately owned company established in 1957 by the McCain brothers in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada, is the worlds largest producer of french fries and other oven-ready frozen foods. ... Pepperoni is one of the most popular toppings on American pizzas. ...

In his 2003 run for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party, Jack Layton asked Lorraine Segato, who had been lead singer of the Parachute Club, for permission to use "Rise Up" in his campaign. "Over the years," said Segato, "many political parties have either used or wanted to use the song 'Rise Up' for their campaign. Most of the time, they don't ask. They just use it until you say no. Well, Jack asked to use our song and I said, Forget it, we'll write you your own anthem." Segato, with Richard Underhill and Lynne Fernie, penned a new song, "Bringing All The Voices Together." While distinct in music and lyrics, it was identified as something of a sequel to "Rise Up." "It's a new version of Rise Up, not the lyrics but the spirit," Layton said. [2]  (http://www.kitchenink.com/ladytoronto/riseup.htm) The 2003 New Democratic Party leadership race to replace New Democratic Party of Canada leader Alexa McDonough ended January 25, 2003 with the first ballot victory of popular Toronto city councillor Jack Layton. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP) (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD)) is a social democratic political party in Canada. ... John Gilbert Jack Layton (born July 18, 1950, Hudson, Québec)is a social democratic Canadian politician. ... Lorraine Segato (born Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian pop singer, who was best known as the lead vocalist for 1980s new wave group Parachute Club. ...

In 2005, the CBC Radio series 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version, based on nominations by panelists and listeners, semi-final elimination votes among songs from the same decade and a final national vote to rank the top 50, selected Rise Up as number 44 of the 50 most essential songs in Canadian popular music history. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBC Radio is the radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Canadian music includes pop and folk genres; the latter includes forms derived from England, France (particularly in Quebec), Ireland, Scotland, and various Inuit and Native American ethnic groups. ...