There’s nothing better than going to a hockey game and hearing your favorite tune cranked at the rink. Whether you are a player on the ice or a hockey fan in the stands a good song can pump you up. There are a lot of great songs that players listen during the warm-ups as they prepare for their games and we included a number of those in our list of the top 50 hockey songs. Yet there are so many great Canadian songs that we could add to that list.
2017 marks Canada’s 150th birthday and we thought it would be fun to compile a list of the 150 greatest Canadian songs of all-time. I know, I know you’re thinking there are not enough Rush songs on the list, or where is my favorite Tragically Hip song, or what’s Nickelback doing on the list? Listen with all of the great Canadian artists that there have been over the years, this was no easy feat. Tweet us with your picks for some of your favorite Canadian songs.
Top 150 Canadian Songs of All-Time
Here we go. Hockey fans take note of #7 on the list.
# | Song | Artist | Album | Year |
1 | American Woman | Guess Who | Guess Who | 1970 |
2 | Summer of ’69 | Bryan Adams | Reckless | 1983 |
3 | Four Strong Winds | Ian & Sylvia Tyson | Four Strong Winds | 1963 |
4 | Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | Various Positions | 1984 |
5 | Closer To The Heart | Rush | A Farewell to Kings | 1977 |
6 | Takin’ Care of Business | Bachman Turner Overdrive | Bachman Turner Overdrive – Overdrive II | 1974 |
7 | The Hockey Song | Stompin’ Tom Connors | Stompin’ Tom and the Hockey Song | 1973 |
8 | Roxy Roller | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd | 1975 |
9 | Courage | Tragically Hip | Fully Completely | 1992 |
10 | Snow Bird | Anne Murray | This Way is My Way | 1969 |
11 | Fly At Night | Chilliwack | Dreams, Dreams, Dreams | 1977 |
12 | Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell | Ladies of the Canyon | 1970 |
13 | When I’m With You | Sheriff | Crazy Without You | 1983 |
14 | No Sugar Tonight | Guess Who | Guess Who | 1970 |
15 | Stand Tall | Burton Cummings | Burton Cummings | 1976 |
16 | The Kid Is Hot Tonite | Loverboy | Loverboy | 1980 |
17 | You Oughta Know | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 |
18 | If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | Sit Down Young Stranger | 1970 |
19 | You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet | Bachman Turner Overdrive | Not Fragile | 1974 |
20 | How You Remind Me | Nickelback | Silver Side Up | 2000 |
21 | Any Man of Mine | Shania Twain | The Woman In Me | 1995 |
22 | Lost Together | Blue Rodeo | Lost Together | 1992 |
23 | Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf | The Second | 1968 |
24 | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | Sundown | 1974 |
25 | These Eyes | Guess Who | Wheatfield Soul | 1969 |
26 | See Forever Eyes | Prism | See Forever Eyes | 1978 |
27 | Lovers In A Dangerous Time | Bruce Cockburn | Stealing Fire | 1984 |
28 | Lay It On the Line | Triumph | Just a Game | 1979 |
29 | Go For a Soda | Kim Mitchell | Akimbo Alogo | 1984 |
30 | Wheat Kings | Tragically Hip | Fully Completely | 1992 |
31 | Follow Your Heart | Triumph | Thunder Seven | 1984 |
32 | Tom Sawyer | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
33 | Diana | Paul Anka | Single | 1957 |
34 | Heart of Gold | Neil Young | Harvest | 1972 |
35 | Turn Me Loose | Loverboy | Loverboy | 1980 |
36 | Seasons In the Sun | Terry Jacks | Seasons In the Sun | 1974 |
37 | Lonely Boy | Paul Anka | Single | 1959 |
38 | Laughing | Guess Who | Canned Wheat | 1969 |
39 | Fifty Mission Cap | Tragically Hip | Fully Completely | 1993 |
40 | The Unicorn | Irish Rovers | Single | 1968 |
41 | Constant Craving | KD Lang | Ingenue | 1992 |
42 | Big League | Tom Cochrane | Victory Day | 1988 |
43 | Hold On | Triumph | Just a Game | 1979 |
44 | No Time | Guess Who | Guess Who | 1970 |
45 | (Make Me Do) Anything You Want | A Foot In Cold Water | A Foot In Cold Water | 1972 |
46 | This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide | The Kings | The Kings Are Here | 1980 |
47 | What Was Going Through My Head | The Grapes of Wraith | Now and Again | 1989 |
48 | Tonight is Wonderful Time to Fall in Love | April Wine | Standback | 1975 |
49 | Just Between You and Me | April Wine | The Nature of the Beast | 1981 |
50 | Night To Remember | Prism | Armageddon | 1979 |
51 | Raise a Little Hell | Trooper | Thick as Thieves | 1978 |
52 | Boy Inside the Mans | Tom Cochrane and Red Rider | Tom Cochrane and Red Rider | 1986 |
53 | Home For a Rest | Spirit of the West | Save This House | 1990 |
54 | Life Is a Highway | Tom Cochrane | Mad Mad World | 1991 |
55 | Tokyo | Bruce Cockburn | Humans | 1980 |
56 | Photograph | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons | 2005 |
57 | Safety Dance | Men Without Hats | Rhythm of Youth | 1983 |
58 | Rise Up | Parachute Club | Parachute Club | 1983 |
59 | Break It To Them Gently | Burton Cummings | Dream of A Child | 1978 |
60 | Straight From the Heart | Bryan Adams | Cuts Like a Knife | 1983 |
61 | My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) | Chilliwack | Wanna Be a Star | 1981 |
62 | Last Song | Edward Bear | Edward Bear | 1972 |
63 | Vivante | France D’Amour | Dechainee | 1994 |
64 | Sunglasses at Night | Corey Hart | First Offense | 1983 |
65 | Space Man | Bif Naked | I Bificus | 1998 |
66 | Music Box Dancer | Frank Mills | Music Box Dancer | 1978 |
67 | Feel It Again | Honeymoon Suite | The Big Prize | 1986 |
68 | I Will Remember You | Sarah McLachlan | Single | 1995 |
69 | Sweet Jane | Cowboy Junkies | The Trinity Sessions | |
70 | My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion | Single | 1997 |
71 | Whatcha Gonna Do (When I’m Gone) | Chilliwack | Opus X | 1982 |
72 | Magic Power | Triumph | Allied Forces | 1981 |
73 | I’m Movin’ On | Hank Snow | Single | 1950 |
74 | Thinking of You | Harlequin | Love Crimes | 1980 |
75 | Black Velvet | Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | 1989 |
76 | Whatcha Do To My Body | Lee Aaron | Bodyrock | 1989 |
77 | Angel Eyes | Jeff Healy | See the Light | 1989 |
78 | Rock Me Gently | Andy Kim | Andy Kim | 1974 |
79 | Go To Pieces | Paul Janz | High Strung | 1985 |
80 | Some Sing Some Dance | Pagliaro | M’Lady | 1972 |
81 | Hey You | BTO | Four Wheel Drive | 1975 |
82 | Sweet City Woman | The Stampeders | Against the Grain | 1971 |
83 | Little Darlin’ | The Diamonds | America’s Favorite Song Stylists | 1956 |
84 | The Boys in the Bright White Sportscar | Trooper | Hot Shots | 1979 |
85 | Strange Animal | Gowan | Strange Animal | 1985 |
86 | Which Way You Goin’ Billy | Poppy Family | Which Way You Goin’ Billy | 1969 |
87 | Rock You | Helix | Walkin’ The Razor’s Edge | 1984 |
88 | Sign of the Gypsy Queen | April Wine | The Nature of the Beast | 1981 |
89 | Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) | Glass Tiger | The Thin Red Line | 1986 |
90 | Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot | Single | 1976 |
91 | Patio Lanterns | Kim Mitchell | Shakin’ Like a Human Being | 1986 |
92 | Spinning Wheel | Blood. Sweat & Tears | Blood. Sweat & Tears | 1969 |
93 | I Would Die For You | Jann Arden | Time for Mercy | 1993 |
94 | Signs | Five Man Electrical Band | Good-byes and Butterflies | 1971 |
95 | On the Loose | Saga | Worlds Apart | 1981 |
96 | Superman’s Dead | Our Lady Peace | Clumsy | 1997 |
97 | Northwest Passages | Stan Rogers | Northwest Passages | 1981 |
98 | Crying Over You | Platinum Blonde | Alien Shores | 1985 |
99 | Black Cars | Gino Vannelli | Gino Vannelli | 1984 |
100 | The Weight | The Band | Music From Big Pink | 1968 |
101 | Hello Time Bomb | Matthew Good Band | Beautiful Midnight | 1999 |
102 | Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jespen | Curiousity | 2011 |
103 | Something To Live For | Barney Bentall | Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts | 1988 |
104 | Slowly Slipping Away | Harem Scarem | Harem Scarem | 1991 |
105 | Money City Maniacs | Sloan | Navy Blues | 1998 |
106 | Your Daddy Don’t Know | Toronto | Get It on Credit | 1982 |
107 | Heaven | Bryan Adams | Reckless | 1982 |
108 | Let Your Backbone Slide | Maestro Fresh Wes | Symphony in Effect | 1989 |
109 | It Ain’t Enough | Corey Hart | First Offense | 1984 |
110 | Tshinanu | Kashtin | Kashtin | 1989 |
111 | Painted Ladies | Ian Thomas Band | Ian Thomas | 1973 |
112 | Nobody’s Hero | Rush | Counterparts | 1993 |
113 | If I had $1000000 Dollars | Bare Naked Ladies | Gordon | 1992 |
114 | Hands On | Lee Aaron | Bodyrock | 1989 |
115 | Loveland | Wild T and The Spirit | Givin’ Blood | 1993 |
116 | Misguided Angel | Cowboy Junkies | The Trinity Sessions | 1988 |
117 | Burn It To The Ground | Nickelback | Dark Horse | 2009 |
118 | Maybe Tomorrow (Them from Littlest Hobo) | Terry Bush | 1979 | |
119 | All the Things I Wasn’t | Grapes of Wraith | Now and Again | 1989 |
120 | Mon pays | Gilles Vigneault | Soundtrack: La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan | 1964 |
121 | Needle and the Damage Done | Neil Young | Harvest | 1972 |
122 | Building a Mystery | Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing | 1997 |
123 | Home | Michael Buble | It’s Time | 2005 |
124 | Eyes of a Stranger | Payolas | No Stranger to Danger | 1982 |
125 | Echo Beach | Martha and the Muffins | Metro Music | 1980 |
126 | Lunatic Fringe | Red Rider | As Far as Siam | 1981 |
127 | I Go Blind | 54-40 | 54-40 | 1986 |
128 | Bounce | Danko Jones | My Love Is Bold | 1999 |
129 | Bobcaygeon | The Tragically Hip | Phantom Power | 1999 |
130 | Teenland | Northern Pikes | Big Blue Sky | 1987 |
131 | High School Confidential | Rough Trade | Avoid Freud | 1980 |
132 | One Thing | Finger Eleven | Finger Eleven | 2003 |
133 | Time That Remains | Three Days Grace | Transit of Venus | 2012 |
134 | The Messenger | Daniel Lanois | For the Beauty of Wynona | 1993 |
135 | Head Over Heels | Frozen Ghost | Shake Your Spirit | 1992 |
136 | So Hard | Sass Jordan | Tell Somebody | 1989 |
137 | Hold Me In your Arms | The Trews | No Time For Later | 2007 |
138 | Up On Cripple Creek | The Band | The Band | 1969 |
139 | Let It Rain | Amanda Marshall | Amanda Marshall | 1995 |
140 | Superman’s Song | Crash Test Dummies | The Ghosts That Haunt Me | 1991 |
141 | Old Emotions | Spoons | Talkback | 1983 |
142 | Maybe The Next Time | Sue Medley | Sue Medley | 1991 |
143 | Wasn’t That a Party | The Rovers | Wasn’t That a Party | 1980 |
144 | Informer | Snow | 12 Inches of Snow | 1992 |
145 | Aphrodisiac Smile | Age of Electric | The Latest Plague | 1991 |
146 | Drinking in LA | Bran Van 3000 | Glee | 1997 |
147 | Wild Eyes | The Stampeders | Carriyan’ On | 1971 |
148 | Spaceship Superstar | Prism | Prism | 1977 |
149 | Can’t Feel My Face | The Weeknd | The Hills | 2015 |
150 | Tomcat Prowl | Doug and the Slugs | Tomcat Prowl | 1988 |