When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Great Big Sea |
Album: | Play |
Released: | May 1997 |
Genre: | Folk music |
Length: | 3:24 |
Label: | Warner Music Canada |
Producer: | Danny Greenspoon |
Prev Title: | Goin' Up |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
Next Title: | Ordinary Day |
Next Year: | 1997 |
"When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)" is a song written by English folk rock group Oysterband and later made famous in Canada by Newfoundland folk rock band Great Big Sea. It first appeared as track 1 on Oysterband's 1993 album Holy Bandits. It was released in May 1997 as the lead single from Great Big Sea's Play. It peaked at No. 13 on the Canadian RPM adult contemporary chart and at No. 6 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles, making it their highest peaking song on the Top Singles chart.
Chart (1997) | Peak position | |
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Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 13 [1] | |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 6 [2] |