The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)

"The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)"
Single by Big Wreck
from the album In Loving Memory Of...
Released 1997
Genre Rock
Length 4:39
Label Atlantic Recording Corporation
Writer(s) Ian Thornley
Big Wreck singles chronology
'The Oaf'
(1997)		 That Song
(1998)

"The Oaf" is the first single by Big Wreck from the band's debut studio album, In Loving Memory Of.... The song was very successful in Canada and the United States, charting well in both countries. It is the band's highest charting single in their history.

Charts

Chart (1997/1998) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart 21[1]
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 3[2]
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 9[3]
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 24[4]

References

  1. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 16, January 12, 1998". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3426&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  2. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 16, January 12, 1998". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3425&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  3. ^ "Big Wreck - Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-wreck-p225364/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  4. ^ "Big Wreck Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-wreck/chart-history/196451. Retrieved 2011-03-05. 

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