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Top 100 Canadian Singles: new book
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The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION
List of top 20 songs taken from new book, 'Top 100 Canadian Singles'
By: The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Debate is sure to follow the release of "The Top 100 Canadian Singles," a book based on a survey of roughly 800 musicians, music critics and fans. A look at the Top 20:
1. "American Woman/No Sugar Tonight," The Guess Who (RCA, 1970)
2. "Heart of Gold," Neil Young (Reprise, 1972)
3. "The Weight," The Band (Capitol, 1968)
4. "Summer of '69," Bryan Adams (A&M, 1985)
5. "Hallelujah," Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1984)
6. "Born to be Wild," Steppenwolf (Dunhill, 1968)
7. "If You Could Read My Mind," Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise, 1970)
8. "Takin' Care of Business," Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury, 1974)
9. "Four Strong Winds," Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard, 1963)
10. "Snowbird," Anne Murray (Capitol, 1970)
11. "Big Yellow Taxi," Joni Mitchell (Reprise, 1970)
12. "Tom Sawyer," Rush (Mercury, 1981)
13. "Try," Blue Rodeo (Risque Disque, 1987)
14. "New Orleans is Sinking," The Tragically Hip (MCA, 1989)
15. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise, 1976)
16. "Suzanne," Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1967)
17. "Life is a Highway," Tom Cochrane (Capitol, 1991)
18. "These Eyes," The Guess Who (Nimbus 9, 1969)
19. "Sundown," Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise, 1974)
20. "Underwhelmed," Sloan (murderecords, 1992)