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“Clumsy” by Our Lady Peace

From the album Clumsy (1997)

“Clumsy” by Our Lady Peace appears on 49 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album Clumsy. Its best result is #12 on the Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1998, #870 alternative song of all time and #216 of the '90s.

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21stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2023years charted

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"Clumsy", the title track and second single from Our Lady Peace's second album, arrived in 1997 and turned into the Canadian band's biggest hit at home, holding the top of the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for a three-week stretch. Arnold Lanni produced it and wrote it with Raine Maida and Mike Turner, and it's a bruised, tender thing that builds from a hush to a surge without ever losing its fragile center.

America listened too: it reached 5 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and hung around the top 10 there for 15 weeks, and it landed on the soundtrack of I Know What You Did Last Summer the same year. It earned a Juno nomination for Single of the Year in 1998, CILQ-FM ranked it the top song of 1997, and it has stayed a fixture of the band's live sets, turning up on their 2003 album Live.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 77 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 80 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 77 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1998 83 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 82 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 74 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 29 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 58 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 49 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 92 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 36 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 17 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 12 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 426 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 379 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 740 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1850 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 82 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 70 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
2000 1850 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1851 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 397 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1837 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 31 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 1813 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1813 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1808 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 368 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1010 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1076 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 61 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 1081 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 70 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 65 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 1037 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1072 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 63 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2013 1118 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1175 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 273 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 299 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 376 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 230 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 730 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 225 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 525 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 252 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 242 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 385 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

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