Canada: Songs of the Year, 1967-2024

Canada: Songs of the Year, 1967-2024

These are the biggest hits for Canada each year from 1967 to present. 1967 to 1999 are based on Year-End RPM charts. 2008 onward are based on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 year-end charts. Other years are determined by selecting the song which spent the most weeks at #1 that year. Check out other “songs of the year” lists here. 2024: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” 2023: Miley Cyrus “Flowers” 2022: Elton John & Dua Lipa “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” 2021: Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” 2020: Tones and I “Dance Monkey” 2019: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” 2018: Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” 2017: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” 2016: Justin Bieber “Sorry” 2015: Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” 2014: Happy…Pharrell Williams 2013: Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” 2012: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” 2011: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” 2010: Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” 2009: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” 2008: One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” 2007: Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” 2006: Taylor Hicks “Do I Make You Proud?” 2005: Madonna “Hung Up” 2004: Usher, Lil Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” 2003: Clay Aiken “Bridge Over Troubled Water” 2002: Elvis Presley vs. JXL “A Little Less Conversation” 2001: Sugar Jones “Days Like That” 2000: Madonna “Music” 1999: Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” 1998: Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” 1997: Sarah McLachlan “Building a Mystery” 1996: Alanis Morissette “You Learn” 1995: The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” 1994: Bryan Adams with Rod Stewart & Sting “All for Love” 1993: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” 1992: Patty Smyth & Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” 1991: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” 1990: Phil Collins “I Wish It Would Rain Down” 1989: Madonna “Like a Prayer” 1988: Billy Ocean “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” (1988) 1987: Los Lobos “La Bamba” 1986: Jennifer Rush “The Power of Love” 1985: Corey Hart “Never Surrender” 1984: Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You” 1983: The Police “Every Breath You Take” 1982: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” 1981: Stars on 45 “Medley I” 1980: Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” 1979: Supertramp “The Logical Song” 1978: Bee Gees “Night Fever” 1977: Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” 1976: Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” 1975: Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” 1974: Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” 1973: Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” 1972: Don McLean “American Pie” 1971: Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” 1970: Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” 1969: The Beatles “Get Back” 1968: The Beatles “Hey Jude” 1967: The Box Tops “The Letter” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists” Billboard.com “Year-End Charts: Canadian Hot 100” (2008-2019) Dave’s Music Database (7/16/2019). “Canada” Biggest #1 Songs” (1964-2019) Wikipedia.org “RPM Year-End” (1967-1999) First posted 4/24/2020; last updated 2/5/2025.