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When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)
"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 Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...''. 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) 1997 singles Great Big Sea songs Music videos directed by Andrew MacNaughtan 1993 songs Warner Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Scottish, and Cornish heritage. The band was very successful in Canada, with eleven of their albums being certified Gold in the country, including four being certified Platinum and two achieving multi-platinum certifications. Between 1996 and 2016, Great Big Sea was the sixteenth best-selling Canadian artist in Canada and the sixth best-selling Canadian band in Canada. While it has been confirmed that the band has officially retired, former members Alan Doyle and Séan McCann have continued performing in their own solo careers typically including music from Great Big Sea in their setlists. History Beginnings The band played its first official concert on March 11, 1993, opening for The Irish Descendants at Memorial University of Newfoundland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play (Great Big Sea Album)
''Play'' is the third studio album by Canadian band Great Big Sea, released in 1997. Commercial performance ''Play'' debuted at #9 on the Canadian Albums Chart. It was among the top 50 best-selling albums in Canada in 1997. In 2004, the album was certified Triple Platinum in Canada. Between 1996 and 2016, it was the ninth best-selling album by a Canadian band in Canada. Track listing #" Ordinary Day" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) 3:09 #"When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)" ( Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones) 3:24 #" The Night Pat Murphy Died" (Traditional, arranged by Great Big Sea) 3:02 #"How Did We Get from Saying 'I Love You'..." (Alan Doyle) 3:40 #" Donkey Riding" (Traditional) 2:26 #"Haven't Seen You in a Long Time" (Colin Hay) 2:53 #" End of the World" (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) 2:41 #"General Taylor" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:53 #"Seagulls" (Bob Hallett) 2:10 #"Recruiting Sargeant" (Traditional) 3:32 #"Greensp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by Convention (norm), custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with popular music, commercial and art music, classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Music of Canada, Ltd. (French: ''WEA Musique du Canada, Ltée''), often shortened to WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd. Current artist roster This list is for artists signed directly to Warner Music Canada. * 54-40 *Big Wreck * Billy Talent * Blue Rodeo *Buck 65 * Carys * Corey Hart * Corneille * Courage My Love * Die Mannequin * Divine Brown * Eleven Past One * Lindsay Ell * Great Big Sea * Greg Keelor * Hot Hot Heat * Meaghan Smith *Modern Space * Myles Castello * Scott Helman * Spirit of the West * Sarah Slean *Philip Sayce * The Abrams * The Balconies * The Cliks * The Sheepdogs * The Waking Eyes * Tomi Swick Canadian artists on Warner Music Group affiliates This list is for Canadian artists currently signed to other Warner Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Greenspoon
Danny Greenspoon is a Canadian music producer, music engineer, guitar player and film composer mainly in the Canadian music industry. Greenspoon is also the president of "The Audio Truck Inc.", a mobile recording studio recording materials for television, radio, and record. From 1989 to 1996, he was a recording producer for CBC Radio in Toronto producing recordings of jazz, popular music, folk music, country music and world music, for broadcast and commercial release, and from 2004 to 2016 he did most of the live recording for JazzFM91. Early life Originally from Montreal, during the early part of his career, Greenspoon was a performer primarily on the acoustic music scene, travelling across Canada and the United States. Career In 1978 he moved to Toronto to join Sylvia Tyson and The Great Speckled Bird, and later became a guitarist for many other prominent Canadian acts, such as Murray McLauchlan, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and was also a member of the quirky mid 80's act, The Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary Day (Great Big Sea Song)
"Ordinary Day" is a song by Canadian folk band Great Big Sea. It was released in October 1997 as the second single from their third album ''Play''. It peaked at No. 3 on the Canadian ''RPM'' adult contemporary chart and at No. 30 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles. Background and writing The series of beeps at the start of the song is from a telegraph key playing SOS, according to a 2017 tweet by Alan Doyle of the Newfoundland music group Great Big Sea. The song contains the lyric: "Janie sings on the corner, what keeps her from dying?/Let them say what they want, she won't stop trying. She might stumble, if they push her 'round/She might fall, but she'll never lie down" Alan Doyle told a story during the 2016 Juno Awards "Songwriter Circle" that he had read a story about a girl in Vancouver who was busking on the street and she got robbed and beaten up "pretty good" but she went back to the same place and started playing again. That story was part of the inspiration fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music. The commercial success of the Byrds' cover version of Dylan's " Mr. Tambourine Man" and their debut album of the same name, along with Dylan's own recordings with rock instrumentation—on the albums '' Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), '' Highway 61 Revisited'' (1965), and '' Blonde on Blonde'' (1966)—encouraged other folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a dance band at first. The name Oyster comes from the group's early association with the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent, known for the quality of its oysters. Their first album, released under the Oyster Ceilidh Band name, was ''Jack's Alive'' (1980) on the Dingles record label. Subsequent albums, as "Oyster Band" (sometimes "The Oyster Band") were released on the band's own Pukka Music label: ''English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850'' and ''Lie Back and Think of England'', followed by ''20 Golden Tie-Slackeners'' and ''Liberty Hall''. The line-up of the band changed over these albums. The first recorded line-up was: *Cathy Lesurf – vocals; *John Jones (singer), John Jones – Melodeon (organ), melodeon, vocals; *Alan Pross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 545,579. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador has a land border with both the province of Quebec, as well as a short border with the territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island. The French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0% of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. Much of the population is descended from English and Irish settlers, with the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Bandits
''Holy Bandits'' is a 1993 album by British folk rock band 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 .... The album features the original version of the song " When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)", which became a top ten hit in Canada for the folk group Great Big Sea in 1997. Track listing # " When I'm Up, I Can't Get Down" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:30 # "The Road to Santiago" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:29 # "I Look for You" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 4:04 # "Gone West" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 4:03 # "We Shall Come Home" (Telfer) - 4:18 # "Cry Cry" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:34 # "Here's to You" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:15 # "Moving On" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:45 # "Rambling Irishman" (Trad.) - 5:03 # "A Fire Is Burning" (Telfer, Prosser, Jones) - 3:1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Singles
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Great Big Sea Songs
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