‘Rise Up’ climbs iTunes after Layton’s funeral

Posted August 29, 2011 5:44 pm.

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Rise Up, one of the songs prominently featured at Jack Layton’s state funeral appears to be experiencing a resurgence online.

Toronto singer Lorraine Segato sang a gospel version of Rise Up, the 1983 hit she had with The Parachute Club, on Saturday during the service for the late NDP leader who died Aug. 22 from cancer. He was 61.

Since then, the song appears to be climbing the iTunes chart.

The song is hovering in the low 100’s on the iTunes Store Chart, and climbed as high as No. 104 on Monday.

The company wasn’t able to say how the single did before Layton’s funeral, but the 28-year-old song probably wasn’t alongside contemporary artists like Chris Brown, Bruno Mars and Britney Spears, as it is now.

Layton had a very personal connection to the song. Segato performed Rise Up at his 1988 wedding to Olivia Chow.

The song won a Juno Award in 1984 for single of the year.

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