"Gift Shop" is a song by Canadian rock group

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. It was released in June 1996 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''

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''. The song was a successful follow-up to the band's previous hit single "

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", peaking at No. 4 on Canada's ''

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'' Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video for "Gift Shop" was directed by Eric Yealland and filmed in

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in July 1996. The video reached #1 on

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for the week of September 20, 1996. The video also won the award for "

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" at the 1997

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Music video

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