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{{short description|1995 single by Susan Aglukark}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = O Siem
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Susan Aglukark]]
| album      = [[This Child]]
| released   = 1995
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]], [[world music]]
| length     = 4:25
| label      = [[EMI|EMI Music Canada]]
| writer     = Susan Aglukark, Chad Irschick
| producer   = Chad Irschick
| prev_title = Still Running
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = Hina Na Ho (Celebration)
| next_year  = 1995
}}
"'''O Siem'''" is a song written by Inuit musician [[Susan Aglukark]] and Chad Irschick. It was recorded by Aglukark on her 1995 album ''[[This Child]]'', and was released that year as the album's first single. The song went to number one on both the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[country music|country]] and [[adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] charts that year, and peaked at number three on the [[pop music|pop]] charts.
==Content==
Alternating between English and [[Halkomelem]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/14559639 | title=Feeling Reconciliation, Remaining Settled | last1=Robinson | first1=D. }} </ref> the song was the first top-10 hit in Canada for an [[Inuk]] performer.<ref> {{cite web | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/susan-aglukark | title=Susan Aglukark &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia }}</ref> Lyrically, it is a call to welcome everyone, regardless of race, gender, or sexuality.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gg.ca/en/node/119 | title=Susan Aglukark, O.C. | date=10 February 2017 }}</ref> The title means "joyful greeting".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fifty-five-plus.com/blog/profiles/susan-aglukarks/ | title=Susan Aglukark | date=16 March 2021 }}</reF>
==Musicians==
* Susan Aglukark: vocals
* Michael Francis: guitars
* Tom Szczesniak: bass
* Claude Desjardins: drums, percussion
* Ray Parker: organ
* Chad Irschick: synth, percussion
* David Blamires: background vocals
* Debbie Fleming: background vocals
==Chart performance==
The song debuted at number 85 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks on the chart dated January 16, 1995 and spent 12 weeks on the chart before peaking at number one on April 3.<ref name="cancoun"/>
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1995)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|3|chartid=6889|rowheader=true|publishdate=April 17, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|chartid=9101|rowheader=true|publishdate=March 20, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=9173|rowheader=true|publishdate=April 3, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013|refname="cancoun"}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1995)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2840&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2840.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2840|title=RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1995|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
|34
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2836&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2836.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2836|title=RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1995|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
|20
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2838&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2838.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2838|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
|26
|}
== In Media ==
"O Siem" was featured heavily in Season 7 of the popular [[Crave (TV network)|Crave]] and [[Hulu]] TV series ''[[Letterkenny (TV series)|Letterkenny]]''.
==References==
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[[Category:1995 songs]]
[[Category:1995 singles]]
[[Category:Susan Aglukark songs]]
[[Category:Macaronic songs]]
[[Category:Songs about racism and xenophobia]]
[[Category:EMI Records singles]]