"When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)" is a song written by English
folk rock
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Oysterband
Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976.
History Early history
The band formed in parallel to Fiddler's Dram, and under the name "Oyster Ceilidh Band" played purely as ...
and later made famous in Canada by
Newfoundlander
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folk rock band
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scot ...
. 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 ''
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''. 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
Year-end charts
References
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1997 singles
Great Big Sea songs
Music videos directed by Andrew MacNaughtan
1993 songs
Warner Records singles