Person · Male
Patrick Watson
- From
- Lancaster, Canada
- Since
- 1979–present
- Rating
- ★ 3.65
- Releases
- 28
- chamber pop
- indie rock
- rock
About
Patrick Watson (born October 8, 1979 in Lancaster, California) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec, who has formed a band also named Patrick Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.
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His 2010 song "Je te laisserai des mots" (lit. 'I will leave you some words') has amassed more than 1 billion streams on Spotify, the first French-language song to do so.
Discography
Albums
Singles
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we fly for the ones we love Apple Music
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Gordon in the Willows
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House on Fire
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Perfect Day (piano komorebi version) Apple Music
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Silencio
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Ode to Vivian (rework) Apple Music
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Small Time Shaded
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Lost With You Apple Music
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Melody Noir Apple Music
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Mélancolie Apple Music
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Broken Apple Music
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Blackwind
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Into Giants Apple Music
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Je te laisserai des mots Apple Music
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Sit Down Beside Me Apple Music
Live
Links
Official
Concerts
Buy
Instrumental supporting musician
Also known as
Patric Watson
Tags
- _private tag 1
- quebec
- québec
- québécois
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 592da4c4-9618-4a1a-a944-e60c05c39037
- ISNI
- 0000000078488959
- IPI
- 00293682527
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.