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Rock radio countdowns from Canada

RockLists has 45 countdowns from 5 stations in Canada. Combining all of them, the song Canada listeners voted for most is “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, which appears on 7 countdowns.

Stations in Canada

Top 50 songs voted by Canada listeners

Combined points across every countdown from Canada that counts toward the rankings, all formats together.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
691		 7 #1 5 1991
2 One Thing Finger Eleven
627		 10 #11 – 2004
3 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
624		 7 #1 1 1992
4 Numb Linkin Park
619		 10 #8 – 2003
5 Best of You Foo Fighters
618		 7 #1 1 2005
6 Holiday Green Day
589		 7 #2 – 2005
7 Somebody Told Me The Killers
585		 7 #1 1 2004
8 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers
564		 6 #1 1 2006
9 Beverly Hills Weezer
560		 7 #6 – 2005
10 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet
555		 8 #4 – 2003
11 Mr. Brightside The Killers
536		 7 #1 1 2004
12 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace
535		 7 #4 – 2003
13 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
533		 6 #2 – 2003
14 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers
531		 6 #4 – 2003
15 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day
523		 9 #3 – 2004
16 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day
517		 6 #2 – 2005
17 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails
509		 7 #5 – 2005
18 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
508		 7 #2 – 1991
19 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
497		 7 #8 – 1991
20 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
497		 7 #2 – 2004
21 Speed of Sound Coldplay
488		 7 #2 – 2005
22 Clocks Coldplay
486		 7 #1 1 2003
23 American Idiot Green Day
469		 7 #1 2 2004
24 Plush Stone Temple Pilots
469		 5 #8 – 1993
25 Jeremy Pearl Jam
467		 5 #3 – 1992
26 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers
464		 6 #10 – 2006
27 Creep Radiohead
463		 5 #9 – 1993
28 Wonderwall Oasis
463		 5 #2 – 1995
29 Little Bones The Tragically Hip
462		 6 #5 – 1991
30 Loser Beck
456		 5 #10 – 1994
31 Paralyzer Finger Eleven
448		 6 #3 – 2007
32 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
446		 6 #10 – 1999
33 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers
443		 9 #9 – 2007
34 DOA Foo Fighters
438		 8 #9 – 2005
35 The Pot Tool
437		 8 #21 – 2006
36 Mysterious Ways U2
437		 6 #2 – 1991
37 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins
430		 5 #14 – 1995
38 Be Yourself Audioslave
429		 5 #4 – 2005
39 Come As You Are Nirvana
428		 5 #2 – 1992
40 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
426		 5 #1 1 2006
41 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace
426		 5 #8 – 1997
42 Pieces Sum 41
422		 5 #1 1 2005
43 Breaking the Habit Linkin Park
421		 5 #5 – 2004
44 Bring Me to Life Evanescence
418		 5 #6 – 2003
45 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave
417		 7 #23 – 2005
46 Starseed Our Lady Peace
414		 5 #13 – 1995
47 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz
414		 6 #3 – 2005
48 All Apologies Nirvana
412		 5 #2 – 1994
49 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins
410		 5 #12 – 1993
50 Only Nine Inch Nails
407		 7 #5 – 2005

Artists from Canada

68 charting artists in the archive come from Canada (per MusicBrainz). The biggest, by countdown results everywhere:

  1. 1Neil YoungToronto37 songs
  2. 2The Arcade FireMontréal32 songs
  3. 3RushToronto33 songs
  4. 4Alanis MorissetteOttawa14 songs
  5. 5Our Lady PeaceToronto28 songs
  6. 6NickelbackHanna18 songs
  7. 7Sarah McLachlanHalifax15 songs
  8. 8Three Days GraceNorwood19 songs
  9. 9The Tragically HipKingston41 songs
  10. 10Sum 41Ajax18 songs
  11. 11Barenaked LadiesToronto16 songs
  12. 12Joni MitchellFort Macleod29 songs
  13. 13Cowboy JunkiesToronto6 songs
  14. 14MetricToronto18 songs
  15. 15The BandToronto15 songs
  16. 16Bryan AdamsKingston12 songs
  17. 17Crash Test DummiesWinnipeg7 songs
  18. 18Finger ElevenBurlington16 songs
  19. 19The Dream WarriorsToronto2 songs
  20. 20Billy TalentMississauga19 songs
  21. 21Leonard CohenWestmount16 songs
  22. 22Tegan and SaraCalgary11 songs
  23. 23Men Without HatsMontréal3 songs
  24. 24SloanHalifax16 songs
  25. 25Sam RobertsWestmount10 songs
  26. 26The New PornographersVancouver16 songs
  27. 27Bachman Turner OverdriveWinnipeg4 songs
  28. 28Theory of a DeadmanDelta13 songs
  29. 29The Pursuit of HappinessToronto2 songs
  30. 30LenToronto1 song