Distinctive songs of Canada

Each country has certain songs that were hits in that one location but nowhere else. This page lists the biggest hit songs of Canada that failed to chart elsewhere. For the whole period (1960 to 2004) these are:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Tom Cochrane	I Wish You Well	1995	Canada
1	Sugar Jones	Dayz Like That	2001	Canada
1	Richie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Charlena	1963	Canada
1	Ryan Malcolm	Something More	2003	Canada
1	Serial Joe	Completely	2001	Canada
1	THP Orchestra	Theme from 'SWAT'	1976	Canada
1	Jimmie Rodgers	I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck of the 'John B')	1960	Canada
1	The Tragically Hip	Ahead by a Century	1996	Canada
1	Northern Lights	Tears Are Not Enough	1985	Canada
1	blink-182	I Won't Be Home for Christmas	2001	Canada
1	John Mellencamp	Pop Singer	1989	Canada
1	Kalan Porter	Awake In A Dream	2004	Canada
1	Cliff Richard	Dancing Shoes	1963	Canada
1	The Beatles	This Boy	1963	Canada
1	Platinum Blonde	Crying Over You	1985	Canada
16	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Real Love	1991	Canada
17	Rod Stewart	Leave Virginia Alone	1995	Canada
18	Jackie DeShannon	Needles & Pins	1963	Canada
19	Our Lady Peace	Clumsy	1997	Canada
20	John Cougar Mellencamp	Just Another Day	1997	Canada

This has also been calculated for each decade.

Distinct songs of Canada: 1960s

For the 1960s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Cliff Richard	Dancing Shoes	1963	Canada
1	Richie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Charlena	1963	Canada
1	The Beatles	This Boy	1963	Canada
1	Jimmie Rodgers	I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck of the 'John B')	1960	Canada
5	Jackie DeShannon	Needles & Pins	1963	Canada
6	The Young Canada Singers	Canada	1967	Canada
7	Connie Francis	Jealous of you (Tango della gelosia)	1960	Canada
8	Little Caesar & The Romans	You Really Got a Hold on Me	1965	Canada
9	The Browns	The Old Lamplighter	1960	Canada
10	Eddie Rambeau	My Name Is Mud	1965	Canada
11	Chubby Checker	(Do) the Hucklebuck	1960	Canada
11	Jackie Shane	Any Other Way	1963	Canada
11	Bobby Curtola	Three Rows Over	1963	Canada
14	Fred Darian	Johnny Willow	1961	Canada
15	The Four Seasons	Peanuts	1963	Canada
15	Bobby Curtola	Indian Giver	1963	Canada
15	Connie Francis	La Malaguena	1960	Canada
18	Johnny Horton	Sink The Bismarck	1960	Canada
19	Elvis Presley	Lonely Man	1961	Canada
20	Chubby Checker	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	1960	Canada

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of Canada: 1970s

For the 1970s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	THP Orchestra	Theme from 'SWAT'	1976	Canada
2	Mashmakhan	As the Years Go By	1970	Canada
3	Anne Murray	Cotton Jenny	1972	Canada
4	Gary & Dave	Could You Ever Love Me Again	1973	Canada
5	Barry Manilow	It's a Miracle	1975	Canada
6	George Harrison	Isn't It A Pity	1970	Canada
7	Sweeney Todd	Roxy Roller	1976	Canada
8	Frank Mills	Love Me, Love Me, Love	1972	Canada
9	Keith Hampshire	The First Cut is the Deepest	1973	Canada
10	Bobby Vinton	My Melody Of Love	1974	Canada
11	Anne Murray	Love Song	1974	Canada
12	The B52s	Rock Lobster	1979	Canada
13	The Osmonds	Yo-yo	1971	Canada
14	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Main Street	1977	Canada
15	James Taylor	Handy Man	1977	Canada
16	Paul Anka	I Don't Like To Sleep Alone	1975	Canada
17	The Stampeders	Sweet City Woman	1971	Canada
18	Sugarloaf	Green-eyed Lady	1970	Canada
19	Pablo Cruise	Whatcha' Gonna Do	1977	Canada
20	Elton John	Pinball Wizard	1976	Canada

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of Canada: 1980s

For the 1980s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Platinum Blonde	Crying Over You	1985	Canada
1	Northern Lights	Tears Are Not Enough	1985	Canada
1	John Mellencamp	Pop Singer	1989	Canada
4	Diesel	Sausalito Summernight	1981	Canada
5	Rick Astley	It Would Take A Strong Strong Man	1988	Canada
6	The Moody Blues	Gemini Dream	1981	Canada
7	Corey Hart	Everything In My Heart	1985	Canada
8	Jon & Vangelis	The Friends of Mr Cairo	1981	Canada
9	Dan Seals	Bop	1986	Canada
10	Rupert Holmes	Escape	1980	Canada
11	Corey Hart	Can't Help Falling in Love	1987	Canada
12	Rush	New World Man	1982	Canada
13	Night Ranger	Sister Christian	1984	Canada
14	Scandal	The Warrior	1984	Canada
15	Corey Hart	Never Surrender	1985	Canada
16	The Honeydrippers	Sea of Love	1984	Canada
17	Peter Cetera	One Good Woman	1988	Canada
18	Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It	1984	Canada
19	Dire Straits	Industrial Disease	1983	Canada
20	Peter Shelley	Homosapien	1981	Canada

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of Canada: 1990s

For the 1990s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Tom Cochrane	I Wish You Well	1995	Canada
1	The Tragically Hip	Ahead by a Century	1996	Canada
3	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Real Love	1991	Canada
4	Rod Stewart	Leave Virginia Alone	1995	Canada
5	Our Lady Peace	Clumsy	1997	Canada
6	John Cougar Mellencamp	Just Another Day	1997	Canada
7	Steve Perry	You Better Wait	1994	Canada
8	Melissa Etheridge	I Want To Come Over	1996	Canada
9	John Cougar Mellencamp	Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)	1996	Canada
10	Sky	Love Song	1999	Canada
11	Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories	I Do	1997	Canada
12	Bryan Adams	On a Day Like Today	1998	Canada
13	INXS	Elegantly Wasted	1997	Canada
14	Bryan Adams	Back to You	1998	Canada
15	Hootie & The Blowfish	Only Wanna Be With You	1995	Canada
16	Alias	More Than Words Can Say	1990	Canada
17	Genesis	Hold On My Heart	1992	Canada
18	Gin Blossoms	Til I Hear It Form You	1995	Canada
19	Matchbox Twenty	3AM	1998	Canada
20	BoDeans	Closer to Free	1996	Canada

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39