# Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1998 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899 "2015-11-18T16:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/1 "2015-11-18T16:57:45Z")
You May Vote for MORE Than ONE SONG! Older polls always open: 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) 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:[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769397) 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) 1974:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770060) 1975:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1975 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295) 1976:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1976 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513) 1977:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1977 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753) 1978:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1978 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010) 1979:[Canadian RPM Number Singles: 1979 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209) 1980:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1980 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771416) 1981:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1981 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771571) 1982:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1982 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771845) 1983:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1983 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772126) 1984:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1984 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772314) 1985:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1985 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772529) 1986:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1986 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772752) 1987:[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1987 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772985) 1988:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773166](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773166) 1989:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773475](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773475) 1990:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773602](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773602) 1991:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773998](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773998) 1992:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774193](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774193) 1993:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774547](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774547) 1994:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774741](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774741) 1995:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774932](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774932) 1996:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775147](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775147) 1997:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775377](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775377) ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/2 "2015-11-18T18:53:35Z")
Only four songs: Truly Madly Deeply, Torn, Crush and Slide. The Way and Sweetest Thing did not make the cut. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/3 "2015-11-18T22:16:17Z")
Tubthumping by default. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/4 "2015-11-18T23:25:06Z")
I voted “Tubthumping,” “Torn,” “Crush,” and “The Sweetest Thing.” The first is kind of an iconic song for that time period. I’m not sure if I like it or not, but it’s kind of become music that I associate with that time in my life. I like all the versions of “Torn” that I’ve heard, from the first recorded version (“Braent” by Danish singer Lis Sorenson, to Ednaswap’s [who wrote it] to the clean, Top 40 Natalie Imbruglia version.) “Crush” by Jennifer Paige is a gem of a pop song, in my opinion, and somewhat underrated. And, well, “The Sweetest Thing” is a pretty U2 song that I happen to like. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/5 "2015-11-18T23:31:55Z")
How apropos. I just played “Crush” on Youtube to revisit that song and see if I like it as much as I thought I did (I do) and the next song that autoplayed was Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn.” Still love that one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899/6 "2015-11-19T08:29:03Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > How apropos. I just played “Crush” on Youtube to revisit that song and see if I like it as much as I thought I did (I do) and the next song that autoplayed was Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn.” Still love that one, too. These are the two songs I voted for. They still hold up perfectly well (that chord change on “faint” always gets my attention). In addition, _Crush_ reminds me of the weeks that followed my moving in a flat of my own after I broke up with a long-term girlfriend. My own place, my first job, my own money for the first time in my life, meeting new girls… that was a weird, exciting and a bit unsettling time.