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Rock radio countdowns from Canada

RockLists has 48 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 Speed of Sound Coldplay
556		 8 #2 – 2005
11 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet
555		 8 #4 – 2003
12 Mr. Brightside The Killers
536		 7 #1 1 2004
13 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace
535		 7 #4 – 2003
14 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
533		 6 #2 – 2003
15 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers
531		 6 #4 – 2003
16 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day
523		 9 #3 – 2004
17 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day
517		 6 #2 – 2005
18 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails
509		 7 #5 – 2005
19 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
508		 7 #2 – 1991
20 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
497		 7 #8 – 1991
21 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
497		 7 #2 – 2004
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 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day
446		 5 #9 – 1998
33 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
446		 6 #10 – 1999
34 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers
443		 9 #9 – 2006
35 DOA Foo Fighters
438		 8 #9 – 2005
36 The Pot Tool
437		 8 #21 – 2006
37 Mysterious Ways U2
437		 6 #2 – 1991
38 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins
430		 5 #14 – 1995
39 Be Yourself Audioslave
429		 5 #4 – 2005
40 Come As You Are Nirvana
428		 5 #2 – 1992
41 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
426		 5 #1 1 2006
42 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace
426		 5 #8 – 1997
43 Pieces Sum 41
422		 5 #1 1 2005
44 Breaking the Habit Linkin Park
421		 5 #5 – 2004
45 Bring Me to Life Evanescence
418		 5 #6 – 2003
46 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave
417		 7 #23 – 2005
47 Starseed Our Lady Peace
414		 5 #13 – 1995
48 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz
414		 6 #3 – 2005
49 All Apologies Nirvana
412		 5 #2 – 1994
50 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins
410		 5 #12 – 1993

Artists from Canada

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

  1. 1RushToronto61 songs
  2. 2Neil YoungToronto69 songs
  3. 3The Arcade FireMontréal43 songs
  4. 4Three Days GraceNorwood30 songs
  5. 5Alanis MorissetteOttawa15 songs
  6. 6Our Lady PeaceToronto28 songs
  7. 7NickelbackHanna30 songs
  8. 8Joni MitchellFort Macleod33 songs
  9. 9Bryan AdamsKingston14 songs
  10. 10Sum 41Ajax19 songs
  11. 11Bachman Turner OverdriveWinnipeg7 songs
  12. 12The BandToronto23 songs
  13. 13Sarah McLachlanHalifax22 songs
  14. 14MetricToronto26 songs
  15. 15The Tragically HipKingston48 songs
  16. 16Barenaked LadiesToronto20 songs
  17. 17Finger ElevenBurlington18 songs
  18. 18Cowboy JunkiesToronto13 songs
  19. 19Leonard CohenWestmount20 songs
  20. 20The New PornographersVancouver30 songs
  21. 21Tegan and SaraCalgary23 songs
  22. 22Guess WhoWinnipeg10 songs
  23. 23TriumphMississauga10 songs
  24. 24Crash Test DummiesWinnipeg8 songs
  25. 25LoverboyCalgary8 songs
  26. 26Theory of a DeadmanDelta24 songs
  27. 27FeistAmherst12 songs
  28. 28Kathleen EdwardsOttawa18 songs
  29. 29Red RiderToronto1 song
  30. 30Alice MertonFrankfurt am Main9 songs