View source for The Lumberjack (Jackyl song)

{{Infobox song
| name       = The Lumberjack
| cover      = Jackyl - The Lumberjack.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Jackyl]]
| album      = [[Jackyl (album)|Jackyl]]
| released   = 1992
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Hair metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jackyl-mw0000258670 |website=Allmusic |title=Jackyl - Jackyl }}</ref>
| length     = 3:29 (album version)<br />3:15 (radio edit)
| label      = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| writer     = [[Jesse James Dupree]]
| producer   = [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = I Stand Alone
| next_year  = 1992
}}
"'''The Lumberjack'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] group [[Jackyl]]. It was released in 1992 as the band's debut single.
==History==
The song is noted for a [[chainsaw]] solo played by Dupree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jackyl-mn0000109542/biography|title=Jackyl biography|work=Allmusic|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> William Phillips and Brian Cogan in the ''Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music'' referred to it as a "somewhat corny novelty hit".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=William|last2=Cogan|first2=Brian|title=Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=52hFCQAAQBAJ&dq=jackyl+lumberjack&pg=PA121|page=121 |date=2009|publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34800-6 | lccn=2008034199}}</ref>
The song's music video features John David Kaldoner, then the A&R executive of [[Geffen Records]], portraying a lumberjack. Greg Vernon was the video's director.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 12, 1992|title=Production notes|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=34|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-12.pdf}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "The Lumberjack"
! Chart (1992–1993)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=142}}</ref>
|align="center"| 92
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{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1993|week=13|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|6|artist=Jackyl|song=The Lumberjack|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Jackyl|song=The Lumberjack|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|24|artist=Jackyl|rowheader=true}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "The Lumberjack"
! Chart (1993)
! Position
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1993|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1993|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|78
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|100
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jackyl-The-Lumberjack/release/9794615|title=The Lumberjack|work=Discogs|accessdate=9 October 2017}}
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[[Category:1992 debut singles]]
[[Category:1992 songs]]
[[Category:Jackyl songs]]
[[Category:Geffen Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)]]
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