"My Own Worst Enemy" is a song by the American

United States

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Lit, issued as the lead single from their second album, A Place in the Sun, released in 1999. One of the most enduring rock songs that season, it spent 11 weeks at #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart and went on to become a staple in the band's live set. In addition, the song also crossed over to mainstream rock

Mainstream rock

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 radio, hitting #6 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks

Mainstream Rock Tracks

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 chart.

Music video

The music video features the band as well as some scenes of a bowling tournament. It was directed by Gavin Bowden and released in June 1999.

In popular culture

• The song is featured in the film Ready to Rumble
  Ready to Rumble
  Ready to Rumble is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Steven Brill, which is based on Turner Broadcasting's now defunct professional wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling...
  
  and the Harmonix music video game
  Music video game
  A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
  
   Rock Band 2
  Rock Band 2
  Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems. It is the sequel to Rock Band and is the second title in the series. The game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments...
  
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• Samples of the music were also used in an ad promoting the movie Me, Myself and Irene
  Me, Myself and Irene
  Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 American comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, and Mongo Brownlee co-star...
  
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Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Rock Chart	3
Netherlands Singles Chart	56
UK Singles Chart	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	51
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	6
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1