--- title: "Nate Ruess on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs | Hits Radio Canada" description: "Nate Ruess (born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In 2001, at the age of 19, he launched the band The Format with his longtime best friend, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor to gain widespread attention. The Format lasted until 2008. In 2008, Ruess started a new band with Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Andrew Dost of Anathallo. The band was called fun.. With fun." canonical_url: "https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/nate-ruess" meta: "og:description": "Nate Ruess (born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In 2001, at the age of 19, he launched the band The Format with his longtime best friend, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor to gain widespread attention. The Format lasted until 2008. 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"twitter:image": "https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/433ef89e050518b7440e06c12e16c66d/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg" "twitter:title": "Nate Ruess on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://myhitsradio.ca/llms.txt) # **Nate Ruess** Nate Ruess (born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In 2001, at the age of 19, he launched the band The Format with his longtime best friend, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor to gain widespread attention. The Format lasted until 2008. In 2008, Ruess started a new band with Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Andrew Dost of Anathallo. The band was called fun.. With fun. **Songs in Rotation****1** **Last Played On-Air** **Oct 22****11:48 AM** ## Songs in Rotation(1) **#1** ![Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess) by Nate Ruess](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/d38c2e6895577f32d5f5-600.jpeg) ### **Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)** **1 play**•Last played Oct 22, 11:48 AM [Spotify]() [Apple Music]() [YouTube]() ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Listen live to Hits Radio Canada, your 24/7 online Top 40 and pop radio station streaming chart-topping hits and new music.","name":"Hits Radio Canada","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/","publisher":{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/nate-ruess#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Nate Ruess (born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In 2001, at the age of 19, he launched the band The Format with his longtime best friend, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor to gain widespread attention. 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