"The Wreckoning" is a song recorded by Boomkat

Boomkat

Boomkat is an electronic and pop music duo, with brother-and-sister Kellin and Taryn Manning. The group released their debut album Boomkatalog.One in 2003, and their second album A Million Trillion Stars in 2009...

 for their debut album Boomkatalog.One

Boomkatalog.One

Boomkatalog. One is the debut album by the brother-sister duo Boomkat, released in America on March 18, 2003 by DreamWorks Records. It features the singles "The Wreckoning" and "What U Do 2 Me".-Style and themes:...

(2003). It was released as the album's first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

). It was a #1 hit on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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’s Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart and is considered as Boomkat's signature song

Signature song

A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...

. "The Wreckoning" can be heard in the movie, The Italian Job

The Italian Job

The Italian Job is a 1969 British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. Subsequent television showings and releases on video have established it as an institution in the United Kingdom....

. The song was written about Taryn Manning's failed relationship. She confirmed this in the song lyrics of "Crazylove" by singing: "I used to be crazy in love with someone crazy as me, Course we broke up so then I wrote The Wreckoning."

Remixes & versions

1. "The Wreckoning" (Radio Edit feat. Mystic)
2. "The Wreckoning" (DJ Quik Remix feat. Mystic)
3. "The Wreckoning" (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
4. "The Wreckoning" (Thunderpuss Tribapella)
5. "The Wreckoning" (Thunderpuss Ultimix)
6. "The Wreckoning" (DJ Monk's Boomin' Breaks)
7. "The Wreckoning" (DJ Monk's Disco Wreckoning Ball)
8. "The Wreckoning" (Deep House Mix)
9. "The Wreckoning" (ThunderDUB)
10. "The Wreckoning" (Brother Brown Club Mix)
11. "The Wreckoning" (Brother Brown Clean Edit)
12. "The Wreckoning" (Brother Brown Dub)
13. "The Wreckoning" (Chris Vrenna's Tweaker Remix)
14. "The Wreckoning" (Instrumental)
15. "The Wreckoning" (Album version)*

• The Album version of the promo 12" is different from the song that appears in the album "Boomkatalog.one"

Charts

"The Wreckoning" by Boomkat has been listed for 40 weeks in 8 different charts. Its first appearance was week 12/2003 in the US Singles Top 100 and the last appearance was week 33/2003 in the Sweden Singles Top 60

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its peak position was number 13, on the New Zealand Top 40

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, it stayed there for 1 week. Its highest entry was number 13 in the New Zealand Top 40.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	16
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	46
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	78
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	13
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	25
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	40
United Kingdom UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	37
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	1
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	88

External links

• "The Wreckoning" lyrics