# Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 26, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653 "2015-09-26T23:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653/1 "2015-09-26T23:49:46Z")

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Which singles to reach #1 on the Canadian pop charts in 1974 would you vote for?

**You may vote for more than one song**

Terry Jacks, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Anka, Andy Kim and Bachman-Turner Overdrive are the Canadians of the year. \*\*\*

Previous Polls:  
1964-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052)  
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)  
1969-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867)  
1970-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085)  
1971-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18702354](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18702354)  
1972-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769624)  
1973-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769837)

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653/2 "2015-09-27T00:02:32Z")

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fff

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653/3 "2015-09-27T00:05:52Z")

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> [@drad\_dog](#):
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> fff

Sorry I was still working on the poll.

😃

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653/4 "2015-09-27T00:07:44Z")

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Okay my votes were Elton(Bennie and Don’t Let the Sun…), MFSB, Paul/Wings, Cark Douglas, Hues Corp, George McCrae, Gordon Lightfoot, and Eric Clapton.

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**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 27, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1974/732653/5 "2015-09-27T16:54:23Z")

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Also-rans (songs I _considered_ voting for): “Rock On,” “TSOP,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” I should also note that there is LOTS of crap on the list.

Only song I actually did vote for: “You Haven’t Done Nothin’.” I just found out the other day that this was a protest song against Richard Nixon, and Nixon resigned two days after the album was released.