50 Tracks

CBC Radio has completed their quest to come up with a great list of the 50 essential Canadian popular songs. You can view the list in its entirety. Below are the top ten.

1. 'Four Strong Winds' by Ian and Sylvia (1963)
2. 'If I had $1000000' by the Barenaked Ladies (1992)
3. 'Heart of Gold' by Neil Young (1971)
4. 'Northwest Passage' by Stan Rogers (1981)
5. 'American Woman' by The Guess Who (1970)
6. 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' by Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
7. 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell (1969)
8. 'Suzanne' by Leonard Cohen (1967)
9. 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell (1970)
10. 'Early Morning Rain' by Gordon Lightfoot (1966)

Songs of particular interest to myself: "New Orleans is Sinking" was #16, "Rockin' in the Free World" was #24, "Courage" was #27 and "Let Your Backbone Slide" was #46.

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