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“The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)” by Big Wreck
“The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)” by Big Wreck appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1998 and 2012. Its best result is #57 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #322 alternative song of 1998 and #4,683 alternative song of all time.
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"The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)" was how Big Wreck introduced themselves: the Canadian-American band's debut single, sent to modern rock radio on Atlantic in 1997 as the first taste of their debut album, In Loving Memory Of... It's a hard-swinging rocker hung on a sour, self-mocking title, and it did its job.
It remains the band's highest-charting single in the United States, and in 1998 it ranked among the most played songs on American alternative radio. Canada never really let go of it: between 1995 and 2016, only five songs by Canadian artists got more plays on the country's rock stations.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 79 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 92 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 658 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 57 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 126 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 93 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
| 2012 | 93 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time | 102 |
Also listed as: The Oaf; The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted); The Oaf (my Luck Is Wasted).
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