Music: What are your favorite Canadian songs?

[Ben Grimm]

1. Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
2. Tom Sawyer – Rush
3. American Woman – The Guess Who
4. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
5. Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
6. The Weight – The Band
7. If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
8. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
9. The Spirit of Radio – Rush
10. These Eyes – The Guess Who

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[Dr Pepper]

1. Sloan - Underwhelmed
2. Tragically Hip - Grace Too
3. Nickelback - Burn it to the Ground
4. Sum 41 - Hooch
5. Matthew Good Band - Apparition
6. Metric - Gimme Sympathy
7. Barenaked Ladies - Get in Line
8. Our Lady Peace - 4am
9. I Mother Earth - One More Astronaut
10 Gob - What to Do

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Don't feel like doing ten but Sang d'encre/Faire des enfants/Je suis parti by Jean Leloup is probably first. Greatest Canadian songwriter of all-time IMO.

 

[Chili]

A few favorites...

Sugar Mountain-Neil Young
One Fine Morning-Lighthouse
Say Hello-April Wine
The Oaf-Big Wreck
Rain Showers-Michel Pagliaro
Angel-Sarah McLachlin
Going to the Country-Bruce Cockburn
L'affaire Dumoutier-The Box
Closer to the Heart-Rush
Softly-Gordon Lightfoot
The Look of Love-Diana Krall

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

Wheat Kings by the Tragically Hip

 

[kihei]

No particular order

Ian and Sylvia--Four Strong Winds
Leonard Cohen--Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Neil Young--Like a Hurricane
Bruce Cockburn--Lord of the Starfields
Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
The Band--It Makes No Difference
Jane Siberry--Mimi on the Beach
David Usher--Love Will Find a Way
The McGarrigle Sisters--Heart Like a Wheel
Broken Social Scene--7/4 (Shoreline)

HMs

Joni Mitchell--Help Me
Sarah McLachlin--River
Metric--Gimme Sympathy
Tragically Hip--Courage
Bryan Adams--Run to You

 

[frisco]

I'll go top 25 in no order:

Break It To Them Gently-Burton Cummings
Turn Me Loose-Loverboy
Hiding From Love-Bryan Adams
Four Strong Winds-Ian Tyson
Innocence-Harlequin
Turn On Your Radar-Prism
Stand Tall-Burton Cummings
Fly At Night-Chilliwack
I'm Scared-Burton Cummings
Your Daddy Don't Know-Toronto
Boy Inside The Man-Tom Cochrane
Share The Land-The Guess Who
When It's Over-Loverboy
Take One Away-Burton Cummings
Rock Me Gently-Andy Kim
Cover Girl-Prism
Runnin' Back To Saskatoon-The Guess Who
I Believe-Chilliwack
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature-The Guess Who
Good To Be Back-Prism
Doesn't Really Matter-Platinum Blonde
Love Changes Everything-Honeymoon Suite
Working For The Weekend-Loverboy
Teenland-The Northern Pikes
Seasons In The Sun-Terry Jacks

My Best-Carey