Songs I consider to be my all-time favorites:


Comments: This list was compiled as a result of my comparing notes with my friend Sharice Collins on our all-time favorite songs, and from conversations with David Stern, who on his home page, lists many of his favorite movies, books, etc. This is my first attempt at such a project.

The list is far from complete. It contains many great Canadian tunes that non-Canucks may not recognize. Such is life. I could easily have included 50-100 Beatle songs, as they remain my all-time favorite band, and there are many Steely Dan, Moody Blues and Led Zeppelin tunes, for example, that should also be here. Perhaps I'll modify the list at a later date. But this is a good start.


The Act We Act - Sugar
All We Are - Kim Mitchell
Another Round of Blues - Shawn Colvin
Anticipation - Carly Simon

The Boho Dance - Joni Mitchell
The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
The Boston Rag - Steely Dan
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders

California Girls - Beach Boys
Check It Out - John Mellencamp
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell
Could You Be The One - Husker Du
Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band

Dallas - Steely Dan
Dancing - John Martyn
Deadbeat Club - B52s

Electric Chair - Prince
Every Breath You Take - Police

Face the Face - Pete Townsend
Fool If You Think It’s Over - Chris Rea
For All To See - Buffalo Tom
Frankie in the Rain - Jennifer Warnes

Giant Heartbeat - Split Enz
Gaucho - Steely Dan
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Got To Get You Into My Life - Beatles
Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr

Haitian Divorce - Steely Dan
A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles
Hardly Getting Over It - Husker Du
A Heart in New York - Art Garfunkel
Hello Big Man - Carly Simon
Hungry - Paul Revere and the Raiders

If These Walls Could Speak - Amy Grant
I’ll Do You Right - Ian Thomas
I’m Alright - Kenny Loggins
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson
It Keeps You Running - Doobie Brothers
I’ve Just Seen a Face - Beatles

Less Cities, More Moving People - The Fixx
Live to Tell - Madonna
Love Like This - Kennedy Rose

May You Never - John Martyn
Midnight Cruiser - Steely Dan
More Than This - Roxy Music

Naked - Goo Goo Dolls
No One is to Blame - Howard Jones
Nobody - The Replacements

One Clear Moment - Linda Thompson
Over The Hills - John Martyn

Photograph - Def Leppard

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Remember Then - Gallagher and Lyle
Rockland Wonderland - Kim Mitchell

Sail on Sailor - Beach Boys
Scatterlings of Africa - Juluka
Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
Sister Seagull - Be Bop Deluxe
Song on the Radio - Al Stewart
A Sort of Homecoming - U2
Stay With Me - Northern Pikes
The Story in Your Eyes - Moody Blues
Sodajerk - Buffalo Tom
Steppin’ Out - Joe Jackson

Takin’ It To The Streets - Doobie Brothers
Talk to Ya Later - The Tubes
Till the Dreaming’s Done - Bruce Hornsby and the Rain
To Live and Die in LA - Wang Chung
Trouble Child - Joni Mitchell

Warning Sign - Nick Heyward
We Belong Together - Rickie Lee Jones
Wild Horses - Gino Vanelli
Wouldn’t It Be Nice? - Beach Boys

Yes We Can Can - Pointer Sisters
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet - The Blues Magoos

Last update: 12 December 1997