Post by Vic on Jun 28, 2017 14:02:09 GMT -5
This week Canada celebrates it's 150th birthday! In celebration, here is my favourite 150 Canadian songs! It was very hard to just have 150 songs, So many great songs and artists missed the cut. In fact there are many great Canadian acts who have had many singles not included on this list. This is NOT based on my weekly charts, there are songs included from the 1950's! This is NOT a critic's definitive chart. So no finger pointing and laughing!
Song Qualifying Notes:
The lead vocalist must be Canadian. This would include when a Canadian sings lead for a foreign act (Mamas & Papas, Blood Sweat & Tears, INXS). On the flipside, on tracks where the Canadian is not signing lead (Buffalo Springfield, Lovin' Spoonful) they do not qualify.
In conjunction with that point, foreign artists singing Canadian songs "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Something To Talk About" and "Sugar Sugar" will not qualify.
If it's a duet with a foreign artist, this will qualify. So in the case of Barbra Streisand and her duets with Bryan Adams & Celine Dion, they would qualify, but unfortunately neither of these two made the cut. It's that tough!
In the case of Heart, only the songs from the early part of their career were considered when Ann & Nancy actually lived in Vancouver at the time.
I'd love to see other charts celebrating Canadian songs & artists. And now on with the countdown!
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150 Patio Lanterns --- Kim Mitchell
149 Take It Like A Man --- Michelle Wright
148 Under Your Spell --- Candi
147 Make Love To Me --- Anne Murray
146 Almost Paradise --- Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
145 Say It Right --- Nelly Furtado
144 My Heart Will Go On --- Celine Dion
143 Black Stations, White Stations --- M+M
142 How You Remind Me --- Nickelback
141 Nothing Broken But My Heart --- Celine Dion
140 Sunday Morning After --- Amanda Marshall
139 Building A Mystery --- Sarah McLachlan
138 On The Outside --- Roch Voisine
137 Fashion Victim --- Rough Trade
136 Fortune Teller --- Bobby Curtola
135 Could I Be Your Girl --- Jann Arden
134 Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) --- Glass Tiger
133 My True Love --- Jack Scott
132 Honey I'm Home --- Shania Twain
131 And When I Die --- Blood Sweat & Tears
130 Not Like Kissing You --- West End Girls
129 Crazy On You --- Heart
128 Both Sides Now --- Joni Mitchell
127 Black Cars --- Gino Vannelli
126 All I Can Do --- Chantal Kreviazuk
125 I Saw Her Again --- Mamas & Papas (Denny Doherty)
124 Roxy Roller --- Sweeney Todd
123 Kissing Rain --- Roch Voisine
122 The Farmer's Song --- Murray McLauchlan
121 Sunny Days --- Lighthouse
120 Flying On Your Own --- Rita MacNeil
119 Wasn't That A Party --- The Rovers
118 Lonely Boy --- Paul Anka
117 Never Surrender --- Corey Hart
116 Hotline Bling --- Drake
115 I Know You Very Well --- Debbie Johnson
114 You've Made Me So Very Happy --- Blood Sweat & Tears (David Clayton-Thomas)
113 Before You --- Chantal Kreviazuk
112 Magic Carpet Ride --- Steppenwolf
111 Free Man In Paris --- Joni Mitchell
110 Snowbird --- Anne Murray
109 Creeque Alley --- Mamas & Papas (Denny Doherty)
108 Boys In The Bright White Sports Car --- Trooper
107 Shout Out Loud --- Roch Voisine
106 We'll Sing In The Sunshine --- Gale Garnett
105 Closer To The Heart --- Rush
104 Calling Occupants --- Klaatu
103 Can't Stop This Thing We Started --- Bryan Adams
102 The World Keeps Right On Turning --- Candi & the Backbeat
101 The Unicorn --- The Irish Rovers