# Patrick Watson

Artist · Montreal, QC

Patrick Watson is a Montreal singer-songwriter, film composer, pianist, producer, and namesake of an indie-pop band known for cinematic arrangements, multilingual collaborations, and the Polaris-winning album Close to Paradise.

## Links

- [Official site](https://patrickwatson.net/)
- [Bandcamp](https://patrickwatson.bandcamp.com/album/uh-oh)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bPs6jf983f0bjRAt1yxDM)
- [secret-city](https://www.secretcityrecords.com/products/uh-oh-patrick-watson)

## Sources

- [Current artist-controlled Patrick Watson website retained as the canonical official web identity](https://patrickwatson.net/) — 2026-07-18
- [Current artist-controlled Uh Oh page identifying Montreal, Quebec, the active 2025 and 2026 catalog, current tour dates, album credits, and a safe public contact route](https://patrickwatson.bandcamp.com/album/uh-oh) — 2026-07-18
- [Current Secret City Records Uh Oh page identifying Watson as a singer-songwriter, film composer, pianist, producer, and bandleader with detailed 2025 personnel, writing, performance, recording, and production credits](https://www.secretcityrecords.com/products/uh-oh-patrick-watson) — 2026-07-18
- [Secret City Records catalog page identifying Patrick Watson as a Montreal singer-songwriter and documenting the 2003 debut and band lineup](https://www.secretcityrecords.com/products/download-just-another-ordinary-day) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify artist 7bPs6jf983f0bjRAt1yxDM with provider media and 29 collision-reviewed principal album and single containers in Canada](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bPs6jf983f0bjRAt1yxDM) — 2026-07-18
- [Official Polaris Music Prize album register identifying Close to Paradise by Patrick Watson as the 2007 winner](https://polarismusicprize.ca/album/close-to-paradise/) — 2026-07-18
- [Current official Uh Oh Tour presenter page identifying Patrick Watson as a Montreal indie-pop artist and documenting Je te laisserai des mots as the first Francophone track to exceed one billion Spotify streams](https://artpower.ucsd.edu/event/patrick-watson/) — 2026-07-18
- [MusicBrainz artist 592da4c4-9618-4a1a-a944-e60c05c39037 retained as an exact identity and identifier cross-check](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/592da4c4-9618-4a1a-a944-e60c05c39037) — 2026-07-18
- [Wikidata Q115130313 retained as the original Canadian artist lead and stable identity cross-check](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115130313) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify we fly for the ones we love single dated March 27, 2026 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 680341966137](https://open.spotify.com/album/3jl8hPTGLX9Jc5dYfGeLa2) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Uh Oh album dated September 26, 2025 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 680341826035](https://open.spotify.com/album/3QUfCdvvPLOflf0OHsBYL0) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Better in the Shade album dated April 22, 2022 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 680341416007](https://open.spotify.com/album/5pqp7kVrEXyccnayeSFBCX) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Wave album dated October 18, 2019 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 680341780047](https://open.spotify.com/album/5ei12KxBgQem1h0602ewLf) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Je te laisserai des mots single dated September 10, 2010 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 680341122106](https://open.spotify.com/album/1R6MIxBiQensgzDlDes0yT) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Close to Paradise album dated September 26, 2006 with Secret City Records metadata and UPC 068944700257](https://open.spotify.com/album/7craqx50glaGWMusQ9Ay1O) — 2026-07-18
- [Exact Spotify Just Another Ordinary Day album with 2003 year precision, Secret City Records metadata, and UPC 680341060002](https://open.spotify.com/album/0Yc0NssTETLMUFDRyFxFai) — 2026-07-18

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/patrick-watson
Last checked: 2026-07-18