"Brother Down" is Canadian musician Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...

' first single. It was first featured on Roberts' very limited independently-released first album, Brother Down

Brother Down

For the song, see Brother Down Brother Down is a rare, unreleased collection of demo recordings by Sam Roberts, a Canadian rock musician and singer/songwriter. Some of the songs on this collection appear on later albums. "Brother Down" was not mass-manufactured, and was simply burned by Sam onto...

. The single was taken from the EP The Inhuman Condition. It was later reworked for his Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

-winning major label debut album, We Were Born In A Flame

We Were Born in a Flame

We Were Born in a Flame is considered to be the first commercially released LP by Sam Roberts, a Canadian rock musician and singer/songwriter. He previously released The Inhuman Condition EP and, in an extremely limited quantity, Brother Down. "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" was...

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The song was also featured on the animated MTV sitcom "Undergrads".

Awards and nominations

• 2003
  Juno Awards of 2003
  The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre and televised on CTV.- Ceremony highlights :...
  
   - Nominated for Single of the Year
  Juno Award for Single of the Year
  The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single.-Best Single :...
  
  at the 2003 Juno Awards.
• 2003 - Won Best VideoFACT
  VideoFACT
  MuchFACT is a Canadian fund that provides grants to Canadian recording artists to help them produce music videos. FACT stands for Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent...
  
  at the MuchMusic Video Awards
  MuchMusic Video Awards
  The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....
  
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• 2003 - Nominated for Best Pop Video and Best Independent Video and the MuchMusic Video Awards
  MuchMusic Video Awards
  The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....
  
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