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Canadian Musical Acts

Can you name these Canadian musical acts based on two of their songs?
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First submittedJuly 5, 2012
Times taken17,395
Average score45.5%
Rating3.89
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Songs
Musical Act
Sk8er Boi, Girlfriend
Avril Lavigne
Baby, Boyfriend
Justin Bieber
Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight
The Band
Summer of '69,
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Bryan Adams
Ironic, Hand in my Pocket
Alanis Morissette
Keep the Car Running, Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Takin' Care of Business,
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Bachman-Turner
Overdrive
Tom Sawyer, New World Man
Rush
Big Yellow Taxi, Case of You
Joni Mitchell
Suzanne, Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
Heart of Gold, Southern Man
Neil Young
Songs
Musical Act
God's Plan, The Motto
Drake
How You Remind Me, Photograph
Nickelback
American Woman, Share The Land
The Guess Who
You're Still the One,
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
Shania Twain
Ahead by a Century, Nautical Disaster
The Tragically Hip
My Heart Will Go On,
Because You Loved Me
Celine Dion
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,
Rainy Day People
Gordon Lightfoot
One Week, If I Had $1,000,000
Barenaked Ladies
Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride
Steppenwolf
Promiscuous, Say it Right
Nelly Furtado
Angel, Adia
Sarah McLachlan
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55 Comments
thalassemia
+4
Level 25
Sep 8, 2012
only 14% knew the Tragically Hip or Leonard Cohen. boourns....
thalassemia
+3
Level 25
Sep 8, 2012
oh and eww nickelback
sensfan123
+5
Level 22
Jun 15, 2013
Stop hating on Nickelback
kenpo17
+6
Level 66
Nov 10, 2017
Why? They may not be the worst band ever, but they ARE terrible.
dwo
+3
Level 93
Sep 8, 2012
Only thirty-one percent can guess Gordon Lightfoot but fifty-eight percent can guess Nickelback? THIS is what's wrong with society.
kenpo17
+6
Level 66
Nov 10, 2017
Not a fan of either one (thought I got both right on the quiz). This is not indicative of musical taste, but merely a bias for more recent musical acts. Most people will always recognize the stuff that's current and the stuff from when they were young before they recognize anything older than them.
Heather12
+1
Level 27
Sep 8, 2012
Maybe you should accept the Members of Nickleback as well (Chad Kruger etc..)
thalassemia
+1
Level 25
Sep 8, 2012
lol you wouldn't even get that right either, since you can't seem to spell his name properly.
Carry
+4
Level 63
Oct 16, 2012
What's the problem with Nickelback? Seen them live last month and they were awesome. The real tragedy here is that 67% know who Justin Bieber is. I'd rather not.
pctjunkie
+6
Level 89
Oct 26, 2014
The only problem with Nickelback is that they are terrible and a blight on humankind. I guess that's two problems, actually.
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Apr 2, 2016
Hehe. True.
aliberti68
+4
Level 54
Dec 29, 2012
No love for Triumph? Great band who should be here!
Cog
+1
Level 75
May 7, 2020
Could not agree more
tschutzer
+5
Level 91
Feb 28, 2013
Canada, I'll give you a nickel back to take Nickelback back.
Wingedwheel
+6
Level 44
Mar 8, 2013
R.I.P Stompin' Tom Connors. Another Canadian Musical Icon.
Travellinman
+3
Level 35
Mar 4, 2014
The musicians with low percentage guessed are the best ones. As the percentage gets higher, the musicians get worse.
Arp2600
+3
Level 86
May 18, 2014
Rush are the bests and they have a medium score :p.
PabloHoney
+3
Level 44
Apr 27, 2014
only 21% knew about Arcade Fire? wow.
Coitus
+1
Level 21
Sep 29, 2018
Who? I still do not know what that is
Dimby
+1
Level 78
Feb 25, 2021
They won the Grammy for rock album of the year not that long ago. They were definitely a respected band outside of Canada.
Coyuznik
+3
Level 83
Jun 2, 2014
I would just like to point out that the only reason I got Beiber was because I was typing in all the Candaian acts I could think of at the end. I still have not consciously heard any of his "music"
Coitus
+2
Level 21
Sep 29, 2018
oh good for youuuu
Jeremy
+2
Level 75
Dec 10, 2021
How does someone criticize an artist's music if they've never heard it? I understand disliking it because it's overplayed or even just because you don't like the way it sounds, but if you claim to not have heard any of his music (which I doubt is true) then there's nothing to judge.
plattitude
+1
Level 92
Mar 6, 2015
Huh, I always thought Big Yellow Taxi was a Fleetwood Mac song. Knew Mitchell more for Clouds than Case of You, but got it in the end.
cappa1
+2
Level 75
Mar 11, 2015
How about a "part 2"? Sloan, 54-40, Arkells, Billy Talent, Our Lady Peace, Junkhouse, I Mother Earth..
blinky
+4
Level 58
Jan 23, 2017
That would be my first zero points, then.
PrinceEric
+1
Level 56
Jul 1, 2015
No way, Nelly Furtado? Well, that opens my eyes.
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Jul 1, 2015
Nice string of featured Canadian quizzes for Canada Day week!
Freestatebear
+3
Level 85
Jul 1, 2015
No Arrogant Worms??
alannafletcher
+1
Level 53
Jul 1, 2015
no hedley :'(
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jul 1, 2015
The Band was 80% Canadian. Levon Helm was from Marvell, AR. My bro-in-law had the privilege of playing onstage with him once when he came back to AR for "Levon Helm Day" in Marvell. My BIL said Levon was a super great guy.
Kalamazoo
+1
Level 47
Jul 2, 2015
Whatever happened to Remy Shand?
Kalamazoo
+1
Level 47
Jul 2, 2015
Tal Bachman?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Jul 4, 2015
Can Nickelback really be classified as music?
kenpo17
+1
Level 66
Nov 10, 2017
If they can't be, then Bieber can't either.
starbury
+1
Level 43
Jul 6, 2015
I believe "Canadian content" laws for our radio/television stations make a lot of artists Canada-famous and not world-famous.

Based on airplay, I was surprised to not see:

Jann Arden

Amanda Marshall

K-OS

Moist

City and Colour

Diana Krall

Serena Ryder

Michael Buble

Just to name a few. Again, based on radio airplay rather than personal taste. :)

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jul 15, 2015
It's kind of funny how so many extra-American countries have laws about using locally produced music/television/films etc. Like they acknowledge that the stuff they produce just isn't good enough that anyone would want to listen to it unless it was required by law. :)

Anyway, Michael Buble is fairly famous I think. The rest of the people you mention I've never heard of before.

DavidK75
+3
Level 24
Jul 15, 2017
Since I live in Canada, I am familiar with all the names listed. If I were to suggest listening, I would say give Diana Krall a listen, as well as Serena Ryder. I actually like all the acts listed, but as education, I might suggest listening to those two first.
kenpo17
+5
Level 66
Feb 23, 2019
There's not a lot of correlation between fame and talent in American music either.
Dimby
+3
Level 78
Feb 25, 2021
Good lord.. it's hard to find a quiz where kalbahamut isn't adding his American two bits. As of 2021 the top song in the US has been by a Canadian artist 3 of the last 5 years, so apparently Canadian music is good enough for you Yanks. The reason countries have these rules is to preserve their cultures. Otherwise, the English-speaking world would be boring and dominated by "American culture". Nobody wants that.
Roxy7699
+3
Level 28
Jul 13, 2015
Joni Mitchell and Neil Young may have been from Canada but their music, lyrics, and perspective are very much Southern California. They came to America to make it and they were part of the Laurel Canyon scene that also included David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, and many others.
bitterblue
+1
Level 58
Nov 24, 2016
no carly rae!?!?!!?!!??!?!
kenpo17
+1
Level 66
Nov 10, 2017
I was going to make a crack about this being a "musical acts" quiz, but with Bieber and Nickelback as answers, the joke is ruined. And besides, Call Me Maybe really isn't that bad...
Suzyhomemaker
+1
Level 60
Jan 26, 2017
Cohen is by far the most important contributor to the musical canon in this list. So disappointed more people don't know him. But everyone knows his work. He wrote "Hallelujah" and "Suzanne."
MungoJerry
+2
Level 56
Apr 4, 2020
A great musician for sure, but Neil Young and the Band both rival Cohen in their contributions to music
introvertigo
+1
Level 43
Sep 26, 2018
Why no Shawn Mendes?
Mark1232
+1
Level 62
Apr 29, 2019
What about David Foster?
MungoJerry
+2
Level 56
Apr 14, 2020
Stompin' Tom Connors is the most Canadian artist ever and he isn't on this list. Messed up.
Shilohsaurus
+2
Level 43
Apr 23, 2020
Had no idea Steppenwolf was from Canada.
DanAlberto
+3
Level 56
May 13, 2020
Include Halleluiah for Cohen and that percentage goes from 20 to 80.

Nickelback is a good rock band. Nothing complicated. Just good ole rock.

Paul Anka, the Weeknd, Nelly Furtado, K.D Lang, Deadmaus, Anne Murray, Michael Buble, ..... the list goes on.

pinkysbrain
+1
Level 84
Sep 15, 2020
What about VOIVOD .Metal ahead of their time and so influential in a sometimes stale genre. Rip Piggy.
Tomtrific
+1
Level 82
Apr 13, 2022
The Guess Who should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as far as I am concerned.
InterAlia
+1
Level 76
Apr 13, 2023
Seems like there are enough ideas here for a sequel. I'll add k.d. lang
Weeknd
+2
Level 23
May 9, 2023
You should add The Weeknd. He is literally the biggest artist right now.
irishbluejay
+1
Level 52
May 18, 2024
Must be younger quiz takers given the fact that only 20% new Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot who were literal icons.

Also Steppenwolf has dubious canadian status

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