When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) Explained

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 performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks13 [1]
Canadian RPM Top Singles6 [2]

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3316&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=b068ups6tt6r7at5ltkevt8qb1 RPM Canada Adult Contemporary Peak
  2. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . www.collectionscanada.gc.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225120456/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3296&type=1&interval=30&PHPSESSID=l217vq7csbvjmuaq5l1kcq7s56 . 2013-12-25.
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997. RPM. November 26, 2017.