# Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510 "2015-09-16T21:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/1 "2015-09-16T21:35:09Z")
Okay it’s 1969 and 31 songs reached #1 on the RPM Canadian charts, excluding Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” which rolled over from the previous year. Andy Kim, Motherlode, and Guess Who were the three Canadian artists to send singles to top of the charts. Previous Polls: 1964:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524) 1965:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714) 1966:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890) 1967:[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306) 1968:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597) ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/2 "2015-09-16T21:55:36Z")
Missed edit window, forgot to mention in OP that YOU MAY VOTE FOR MORE THAN ONE SONG. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/3 "2015-09-16T22:00:31Z")
Of course, Andy Kim also wrote Sugar, Sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/4 "2015-09-16T22:14:08Z")
My votes: Bee Gees Young-Holt Unlimited-Nice instrumental Beatles-“Something” Zombies Doors Elvis Tommy James/Shondells-"Crystal Blue Persuasion Blood, Sweat & Tears-"Spinning Wheel Zager and Evans’ "In The Year 2525 got my vote by a whisker. Some songs were okay, some meh. But not enough to get votes in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/5 "2015-09-17T01:08:55Z")
“I Started A Joke”-Bee Gees “Time of the Season”-The Zombies “Crystal Blue Persuasion”-Tommy James and the Shondells “Laughing”-Guess Who\* “Suspicious Minds”-Elvis Presley Out of these five, “Crystal Blue Persuasion” is the highest-rated song in the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** , and “Good Morning Starshine” is dead-ass last. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/6 "2015-09-17T21:21:10Z")
Three way tie for the top song: Time of the Season - Zombies And When I Die - BS&T Laughing - Guess Who ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510/7 "2015-09-17T21:27:01Z")
“Time of the Season” and “Something” are the indispensable classics for me on this list. I voted for a few more including “Get Back.”