Arcade Fire "Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)"

North American ice storm, January 4 – 10, 1998

There was a lot of time to think during the North American ice storm that left Montreal without power for a week -- which is how Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine Chassagne came to write "Neighbourhood #3," a song based on her experiences during the disaster. With lyrics as dark as the city itself, the track helped the group win the 2006 Juno for Songwriter of the Year -- though we doubt anyone would be willing to recreate the circumstances to write something similar.