Billy Talent Brings Rush Classic “Limelight” to Prime Monday Night Hockey

Multi-platinum Canadian rock powerhouse Billy Talent has officially released their Amazon Music Original cover of the legendary Rush anthem, “Limelight.” Recorded for Prime Monday Night Hockey, which streams all national regular-season Monday night games on Prime Video in Canada, the song fuses Billy Talent’s signature urgent intensity with the progressive rock majesty of the original track, linking two generations of Canadian rock greatness with the country’s national sport.

Available to stream now, the song is available on Amazon Music today and will be featured in the Prime Monday Night Hockey premiere doubleheader broadcast on October 13th, where the Detroit Red Wings meet the Toronto Maple Leafs at 4 pm ET, followed by the St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks at 7:30 pm ET. The Amazon Music Original will be featured throughout Prime Monday Night Hockey’s 2025-26 season broadcast, exclusively on Prime Video in Canada.

The band approached the project with immense reverence for Rush’s enduring legacy. Lead singer Ben Kowalewicz spoke to the significance of the opportunity:

“It’s such an honour for us to be asked to cover Rush. They are, without a doubt, one of the greatest Canadian bands of all time, and ‘Limelight’ is a classic.”

He also reflected on the challenge of reinterpreting the iconic vocals, saying:

“Geddy Lee had such a silky approach to his vocals, which was beautiful. I tried my best to lend some of what I was doing to that, paying homage to it, but also you have to sing it and you gotta feel it in your own way too, so I think it’s a good balance of how I sang and trying to do the song justice.”

Guitarist Ian D’Sa said:

“It couldn’t be more Canadian for us to cover Rush’s ‘Limelight’ for Prime Monday Night Hockey. I’ve been listening to this song since I was a kid, and I always wanted to learn Alex (Lifeson’s) parts because it contains three of my favourite Alex riffs of all time. They are just crazily inventive, unique parts that only Alex Lifeson could write, and it was such a fun thing to learn for me as a guitar player.”

Bassist Jon Gallant adds:

“It was just sitting down an hour or two every day and going through the song over and over until I could precisely hear everything that Geddy Lee was doing and just tried to copy it almost exactly.”