One-hit wonders in Canada
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A one-hit wonder is a Top 40 phenomenon, the combination of artist and song that scores big in the music industry with one smash hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another hit. The term can refer to the artist, the song, or both together. The following were notable one-hit wonders in Canada.
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1950s
1960s
1970s
- "As Years Go By" by Mashmakhan
- "From New York to L.A." by Patsy Gallant
- "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder
- "Mama Let Him Play" by Doucette
- "Roxy Roller" by Sweeney Todd
- "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band
1980s
- "Don't Walk Past" by Blue Peter
- "Flippin' to the 'A' Side" by Cats Can Fly
- "I Beg Your Pardon" by Kon Kan
- "I Want You Back" by Sherry Kean
- "Julian" by Alta Moda
- "Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)" by Eight Seconds
- "Last of the Red Hot Fools" by The Jitters
- "Living on Video" by Trans-X
- "Lust For Love" by Images in Vogue
- "Melody" by Boys Brigade
- "Not Like Kissing You" by The West End Girls
- "Out on a Limb" by Eye Eye
- "Rock You" by Helix
- "Saturdays in Silesia" by Rational Youth
- "Soul City" by The Partland Brothers
- "Soviet Jewellery (Nyet, Nyet Soviet)" by B.B. Gabor
- "Spadina Bus" by The Shuffle Demons
- "Stay With Me" by Tú
- "We Run" by Strange Advance
- "What About Me" by Belinda Metz
- "When I'm With You" by Sheriff
1990s
- "Any Sense Of Time" by The Inbreds
- "Cellophane" by Miller Stain Limit
- "Check The O.R." by Organized Rhyme
- "Claire" by Rheostatics
- "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" by Jane Child
- "Drinking With the Poet" by Scott B. Sympathy
- "I Cry" by Bass is Base
- "I Rhyme The World In 80 Days" by Kish
- "If We Turn Out the Lights" by Scott Dibble and Watertown
- "Low Rider" by The Look People
- "Mr. Metro" by Devon
- "Neighbourhood" by Gregory Hoskins and the Stickpeople
- "One Life" by Raggadeath
- "Pistons" by Glueleg
- "Say You Will" by Gogh Van Go
- "Sick and Beautiful" by Artificial Joy Club
- "The Sweater" by Meryn Cadell
- "There You Go" by Change of Heart
- "This Day" by Mudgirl
- "Wonder Where You Are Tonight" by Gravelberrys
- "You're No Good" by Sons of Freedom
2000s
- "Days Like That" by Sugar Jones
- "Eleanor" by Low Millions
- "Frontin' On Me" by Velvet Empire
- "It's About Time" by Lillix
- "More" by j. englishman
- "Music" by Out of Your Mouth
- "No Means No" by Ricky J
- "Pedal To The Metal" by Kazzer
- "Everybody" by Stabilo