Wolfgang's Big Night Out is the seventh studio album from the American

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 swing revival

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 band The Brian Setzer Orchestra

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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, released on September 25, 2007 on Surfdog Records. It is a collection of rockabilly

Rockabilly

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 and swing versions of classical compositions. The album is 'largely instrumental', with only two songs containing lyrics.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award

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 in the Best Classical Crossover Album category.

Track listing

On July 18, 2007 the tracklisting was released on Brian Setzer's official website.

1. "Take The 5th" (based on Beethoven's 5th symphony)
2. "One More Night With You" (based on Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King")
3. "Wolfgang's Big Night Out" (based on Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik")
4. "Honey Man" (based on Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the Bumblebee")
5. "Yes We Can Can" (based on Offenbach
   Jacques Offenbach
   Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
   
   's "Can-Can")
6. "Swingin' Willie" (based on Rossini's "William Tell Overture")
7. "Sabre Dance" (based on Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance")
8. "For Lisa" (based on Beethoven's "Für Elise")
9. "Here Comes The Broad" (based on Wagner's "Lohengrin" and Mendelssohn
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   's "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
10. "1812 Overdrive" (based on Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture")
11. "Some River In Europe" (based on Strauss
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    's "Blue Danube")
12. "Take A Break Guys" (based on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen")
13. "Nutcracker Suite" a bonus track based on the score of The Nutcracker
    The Nutcracker
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Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Comprehensive Albums	150
US Billboard 200	141
US Top Classical Crossover Albums	2