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"The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)"
Single by Big Wreck
from the album In Loving Memory Of...
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)
GenreRock
Length4:39
3:57 (Radio Edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Ian Thornley
Producer(s)Matt DeMatteo and Big Wreck
Big Wreck singles chronology
"The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)"
(1997) 		"That Song"
(1998)
Music video
"The Oaf" on YouTube

"The Oaf" is a song by Canadian-American rock band Big Wreck. It was released on September 29, 1997 as the lead single from their debut studio album, In Loving Memory Of.... The song is the band's highest-ever charting single in the United States, and was among the top 98 most played songs on alternative rock radio stations in 1998 in the U.S.[1] Between 1995 and 2016, "The Oaf" was the sixth most played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada.[2]

Charts

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Chart (1997-1998) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 21
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM)[4] 3
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] 9
US Active Rock (Billboard)[6] 11
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[7] 24

Release history

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Release dates and formats
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
— September 29, 1997 —
  • Atlantic
  • AG
 [8]
January 12, 1998 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Alternative: 98 of 1998" (PDF). Radio & Records. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 16, January 12, 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  4. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 16, January 12, 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  5. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Big Wreck". billboard.com. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  8. ^ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/90s/1997/Hits-1997-09-05.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/90s/1998/Hits-1998-01-09.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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