Mar*Star Great Canadian Songs – 1992

Twenty-five years ago, the Mar*Star – a small, family newsletter that I edited – decided to poll its readers and some people in the business to determine Canada's greatest songs and albums, as a celebration of Canada's 125th birthday.

Here are the songs that were selected in 1992:

  1. Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire
  2. Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
  3. Stompin' Tom Connors – Sudbury Saturday Night
  4. Ian & Sylvia – Four Strong Winds
  5. Northern Pikes – Things I Do for Money
  6. Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
  7. Neil Young – Heart of Gold
  8. Guess Who – American Woman
  9. Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – The Boy Inside the Man
  10. Blue Rodeo – God & Country
  11. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
  12. Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne
  13. Diamonds – Little Darlin'
  14. Guess Who – Shakin' All Over
  15. Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
  16. Guess Who – These Eyes
  17. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
  18. David Clayton-Thomas & the Bossmen – Brainwashed
  19. Poppy Family – Which Way You Goin' Billy?
  20. Murray McLauchlan – Child's Song
  21. Mashmakhan – As the Years Go By
  22. Stompin' Tom Connors – Bud the Spud
  23. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
  24. Bruce Cockburn – Nicaragua
  25. Connie Kaldor – Maria's Place/Batoche
  26. Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song
  27. Spirit of the West – Not Just a Train
  28. Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain
  29. Guess Who – Flying on the Ground Is Wrong
  30. Band – Up on Cripple Creek
  31. Band – The Weight
  32. Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Helpless
  33. Edward Bear – You, Me & Mexico
  34. Jane Siberry – Mimi on the Beach
  35. Blue Rodeo – Outskirts
  36. Blue Rodeo – Try
  37. Cowboy Junkies – Misguided Angel
  38. 54-40 – Baby Have Some Faith
  39. Gordon Lightfoot – Did She Mention My Name?
  40. Motherlode – And When I Die
  41. Bruce Cockburn – Burn
  42. Trooper – We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)
  43. Bruce Cockburn – Wondering Where the Lions Are
  44. Bruce Cockburn – If I Had a Rocket Launcher
  45. Breeding Ground – Happy Now I Know
  46. Bruce Cockburn – Waiting for a Miracle
  47. Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Big League
  48. Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  49. Original Caste – One Tin Soldier
  50. Stampeders – Sweet City Woman
  51. Bruce Cockburn – Mama Just Wants To Barrelhouse All Night Long
  52. Ian Thomas – Painted Ladies
  53. Band – Acadian Driftwood
  54. Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  55. Bruce Cockburn – The Trouble with Normal
  56. Leslie Spit TreeO – Talkin'
  57. Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  58. Grapes of Wrath – O Lucky Man
  59. Pursuit of Happiness – I'm an Adult Now
  60. Neil Young – Old Man
  61. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
  62. Wilf Carter – Big Rock Candy Mountain
  63. Hank Snow – I'm Moving On
  64. Crew-Cuts – Sh-Boom
  65. Crew-Cuts – Earth Angel
  66. Four Lads – Moments to Remember
  67. Four Lads – No, Not Much!
  68. Paul Anka – Diana
  69. Diamonds – The Stroll
  70. Paul Anka – Lonely Boy
  71. Ugly Ducklings – Gaslight
  72. Mandala – Love-it is
  73. Mandala – Opportunity
  74. Buffalo Springfield – For What It's Worth
  75. Gordon Lightfoot – Black Day in July
  76. Irish Rovers – Unicorn
  77. Kensington Market – I Would Be the One
  78. Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers – Does Your Mama Know About Me
  79. Robert Charlebois – Lindberg
  80. Guess Who – Laughing/Undun
  81. Joni Mitchell – Woodstock
  82. Buffy Sainte-Marie – He's and Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo
  83. Jesse Winchester – Brand New Tennessee Waltz
  84. Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Woodstock
  85. Bruce Cockburn – Going to the Country
  86. Anne Murray – Snowbird
  87. Joni Mitchell – Carey
  88. Crowbar – Oh What a Feeling
  89. Ocean – Put Your Hand in the Hand
  90. Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
  91. Guess Who – Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
  92. April Wine – You Could Have Been a Lady
  93. Thundermug – Africa
  94. DeFranco Family – Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat)
  95. Bill Amesbury – Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)
  96. Gordon Lightfoot – I'm Not Supposed To Care
  97. Stompin' Tom Connors – A Damn Good Song for a Miner (Muckin' Slushers)
  98. Gordon Lightfoot – Alberta Bound
  99. Rush – Closer to the Heart
  100. Bruce Cockburn – Waiting for the Moon
  101. Bryan Adams – Summer of '69
  102. Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan
  103. Roy Orbison with K.D. Lang – Crying
  104. Blue Rodeo – Love & Understanding
  105. Bourne & MacLeod – Dance & Celebrate
  106. Daniel Lanois – Under a Stormy Sky
  107. Andrew Cash – Boomtown
  108. Rush – Show, Don't Tell
  109. Tragically Hip – Born in the Water
  110. Crash Test Dummies – Superman's Song
  111. Travellers – This Land Is Your Land
  112. Joni Mitchell – This Flight Tonight
  113. Murray McLauchlan – The Farmer's Song
  114. Procol Harum – Conquistador
  115. Neil Young – Walk On
  116. Rough Trade – Birds of a Feather
  117. Payola$ – Eyes of a Stranger
  118. Stan Rogers – Fogarty's Cove
  119. Hugh Marsh – Sempre Nel Mio Curore
  120. Rita MacNeil – Working Man
  121. Daniel Lanois – The Maker
  122. Box – Ordinary People
  123. Paul Janz – Believe in Me
  124. Young Canadian Singers – Ca-Na-Da
  125. Lighthouse – One Fine Morning

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Last updated: July 24, 2017