It started with a quest. I was to come up with a definitive list of the 100 best Canadian tunes. Over the past month I've dumped CanCon classics which you can read here and now I've pruned those songs down to 100.
Guys and gals, I need you now more than ever. Tell me if there's a tune on this list that doesn't belong or if I've missed a sure thing. On Canada Day, I'll post the definitive list in order. You'll want to cancel your long weekend plans for this one, it's a biggie.
- 54-40 - I Go Blind
- Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
- Alexisonfire - This Could Be Anywhere In The World
- Arcade Fire - Wake Up
- Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
- Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
- Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
- Billy Talent - Nothing To Lose
- Blue Rodeo - Try
- Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine
- Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
- Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
- The Band - The Weight
- Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel
- Bruce Cockburn - Lovers in a Dangerous Time
- Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
- Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
- Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
- Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song
- Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
- Dream Warriors - My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style
- Feist - Mushaboom
- Five Man Electical Band - Signs
- The Gandharvas - The First Day of Spring
- Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
- Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
- Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
- Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
- Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
- Gowan - A Criminal Mind
- Great Big Sea - Ordinary Day
- The Guess Who - American Woman
- The Guess Who - Share the Land
- The Guess Who - These Eyes
- Hayden - Bad As They Seem
- Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
- I Mother Earth - So Gently We Go
- Ian and Sylvia - Four Strong Winds
- Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes
- Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
- Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
- Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
- Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game
- k-os - Heaven Only Knows
- k.d. lang - Constant Craving
- Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
- Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
- The Lowest of the Low - Henry Needs A New Pair of Shoes
- Maestro Fresh-Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
- Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
- Metric - Combat Baby
- Moist - Push
- Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
- Neil Young - Helpless
- Neil Young - Old Man
- Neil Young - Heart of Gold
- Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
- The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
- The New Pornographers - Use It
- Northern Lights - Tears Are Not Enough
- The Northern Pikes - Teenland
- Odds - Heterosexual Man
- Our Lady Peace - 4am
- Our Lady Peace - Naveed
- Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
- The Pursuit of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now
- Rascalz, Checkmate, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust and Choclair - Northern Touch
- Rheostatics - Record Body Count
- Robbie Robertson - Showdown At Big Sky
- Rough Trade - High School Confidential
- Rush - Closer to the Heart
- Rush - The Spirit of Radio
- Rush - Tom Sawyer
- Rusty - Wake Me
- Rusty - Misogyny
- Sam Roberts - Brother Down
- Sarah Harmer - Basement Apartment
- Sarah Harmer - Silver Road
- Sarah McLachlan - Hold On
- Sarah McLachlan - Angel
- Skydiggers - I Will Give You Everything
- Sloan - Underwhelmed
- Sloan - Coax Me
- Sloan - The Good In Everyone
- Spirit of the West - Home For A Rest
- Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
- Stars - Ageless Beauty
- Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
- Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
- Stompin' Tom Conners - Hockey Song
- Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
- Tom Cochrane - Boy Inside The Man
- Tom Cochrane - Big League
- The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
- The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
- The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
- The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century
- The Tragically Hip - Courage
- Treble Charger - Red
- The Watchmen - All Uncovered
