Album · Our Lady Peace
Happiness… Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch by Our Lady Peace
Happiness… Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch is an album by Our Lady Peace, released in 1999. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “One Man Army”, on 9 lists with a best position of #29.
Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, Our Lady Peace's third album, arrived on Columbia on September 21, 1999, with just the first word and an ellipsis on the cover, as if the band couldn't be bothered to finish the thought. Arnold Lanni produced, and the Toronto four-piece of singer Raine Maida, guitarist Mike Turner, bassist Duncan Coutts and drummer Jeremy Taggart came out swinging, Maida's yelp twisting through dense, churning guitars on "One Man Army", "Is Anybody Home?" and "Thief".
Canada ate it up, sending it straight to number one and on to triple platinum. The strangest turn comes at the very end, where "Stealing Babies" brings in the prominent post-bop jazz drummer Elvin Jones, about the last guest anyone expected on an alt-rock record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Happiness… Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Man Army | 9 | #29 | – | 1999–2010 | |
| 2 | Is Anybody Home? | 9 | #7 | – | 2000–2010 | |
| 3 | Thief | 2 | #11 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.