"When I'm Up" is a song recorded by Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 band Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...

. It was released in May 1997 as the lead single from their second album Play

Play (Great Big Sea album)

-Track listing:#"Ordinary Day" 3:09#"When I'm Up " 3:24#"The Night Pat Murphy Died" 3:02...

. It peaked at #13 on the Canadian RPM adult contemporary chart and at #6 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles, making it their highest peaking song on the Top Singles chart.

It was written and originally recorded by Oysterband

Oysterband

Oysterband is a British electric folk or folk rock band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.-Early history:...

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Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	13
Canadian RPM Top Singles	6