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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, and written by Parachute Club members Billy Bryans, Lauri Conger, Lorraine Segato and Steve Webster with lyrics contributed by filmmaker Lynne Fernie. An upbeat call for peace, celebration, and "freedom / to love who we please," the song was a national hit in Canada, and was hailed as a unique achievement in Canadian pop music: According to Segato, the song was not written with any one individual group in mind, but as a universal anthem of freedom and equality;〔("The Parachute Club releases remix version of ‘Rise Up’" ). ''Toronto Star'', June 23, 2014.〕 Fernie described the song's lyrics as having been inspired in part by West Coast First Nations rituals in which young girls would "rise up" at dawn to adopt their adult names as a rite of passage.〔"Riff Rap: A new approach to old-style soul"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 25, 1983.〕 It remains the band's most famous song, and has been adopted as an activist anthem for causes as diverse as gay rights, feminism, anti-racism and the New Democratic Party.〔"An Anthem to Remember". CBC News Network, August 27, 2011.〕 As well, the song's reggae and soca-influenced rhythms made it the first significant commercial breakthrough for Caribbean music in Canada. The song's first ever live public performance took place at the 1983 Toronto Pride parade.〔 In 2014, the surviving band members released a contemporary dance remix of the song in conjunction with Toronto's hosting of the 2014 edition of WorldPride.〔 ==Awards== It 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 "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats.〔"Adams the big winner as Junos polish up act"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', December 6, 1984.〕 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. It is also included in ''Oh What A Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music'' (MCA Records, 1996). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rise Up (Parachute Club song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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