Song · Our Lady Peace
“One Man Army” by Our Lady Peace
From the album Happiness… Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch (1999)
“One Man Army” by Our Lady Peace appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1999 and 2010. It was first released in 1999 on the album Happiness… Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. Its best result is #29 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #103 alternative song of 1999, #3,879 alternative song of all time and #433 of the '90s.
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"One Man Army" kicked off Our Lady Peace's third album, Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, as its lead single in July 1999, and plenty of listeners still call it by the wrong name, "Falling". Raine Maida wrote the words and has framed the song as a fight to stay yourself: shedding everyone and everything that smothers you and torching your hang-ups on the way out. The Canadian band plays it like a jailbreak, Mike Turner's guitar grinding, Jeremy Taggart's drums hammering, Duncan Coutts on bass and Jamie Edwards on keys, with Maida's voice climbing over the top. Arnold Lanni produced and Kevin Shirley mixed.
The single even jumped the gun: a live take from the band's Woodstock 1999 set pushed the label to rush it to Canadian radio days early. Mark Kohr's video, shot in Toronto, splits Maida in two, one walking off down a hotel hallway while his double stays in the chair.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 107 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 29 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 33 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 74 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 34 | CRNC 90.1 | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s | 91 |
| 1999 | 631 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 39 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 39 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 71 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
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