"Albatross" is a song by

Big Wreck Big Wreck are a Canadian-American Rock music, rock band formed by Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1992. The band was rounded out with David Henning and Forrest Williams. They disbanded in 2002 and Ian Thornley pursued ...

. It is the title track from the band's 2012 album, and was released as the album's lead single. It is Big Wreck's first single released after reuniting in 2010 and their first single release since 2002. A 16-second preview clip of the song was released on October 24, 2011. The song was first streamed in its entirety on the Thornley/

website on November 17, 2011, and was officially released digitally on November 21. The song held the No. 1 position on the ''Billboard'' Canadian Rock chart for six weeks straight. In 2012, the song won the

CASBY Award The CASBY Awards were a Canadian awards ceremony for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102.1 The Edge. CASBY is an acronym for Canadian Artists Selected By You. The ...

for "Favourite New Single". The song has been certified Platinum in Canada.

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2011 singles Songs written by Ian Thornley 2011 songs {{2010s-rock-single-stub