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The 40 Most Played Tracks On Classic Rock Radio
This is not a made up best of list. It's from a research company called Mediabase, which measures the frequency of song airplay in over 180 radio markets. I have to say I'm not surprised at the results and I've heard of almost every single one of them. Although I wasn't expecting #1 to come in where it did.
Does Q107 know about this? Is this their playlist? You'll certainly hear some or all of these on the station at some point.
The 40 Most Played Songs On Classic Rock Radio in 2025 (So Far)
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All the ads are giving my phone conniptions. 🤨
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I would like to see the Cancon version of this. 😁
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This is not a made up best of list. It's from a research company called Mediabase, which measures the frequency of song airplay in over 180 radio markets. I have to say I'm not surprised at the results and I've heard of almost every single one of them. Although I wasn't expecting #1 to come in where it did.
Does Q107 know about this? Is this their playlist? You'll certainly hear some or all of these on the station at some point.
The 40 Most Played Songs On Classic Rock Radio in 2025 (So Far)
uggg .. 4. Whitesnake, "Here I Go Again" .. uggg
not my cup of tea !! ..
to me feels like 'Corporate Rock AI generated' .. to be rock, it needs at least a tad of grit ..
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All the ads are giving my phone conniptions. 🤨
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I would like to see the Cancon version of this. 😁
Try this version. You can't play the videos, but at least the ads aren't there.
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All the ads are giving my phone conniptions. 🤨
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I would like to see the Cancon version of this. 😁Try this version. You can't play the videos, but at least the ads aren't there.
Thank you.
Reads list.
Meh.
Still needs a Cancon version. 😁
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'Separate Ways'? Odd - I haven't heard that on radio in a long time. The rest is typical (and typically dull).
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All the ads are giving my phone conniptions. 🤨
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I would like to see the Cancon version of this. 😁Try this version. You can't play the videos, but at least the ads aren't there.
Thank you.
Reads list.
Meh.
Still needs a Cancon version. 😁
Cancon aside, Canada would look quite a bit different. That list mentions that only one 90s song made the cut, while Q107, for example is pretty much 50% 90s.
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Here's the Canadian version. Not as much 90s as I would have thought, but Q107 has modernized more aggressively than some others.
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BOSTON
More Than A Feeling
2
BON JOVI
Livin' On A Prayer
3
JOAN JETT/BLACKHEARTS
I Love Rock 'N Roll
4
JOURNEY
Don't Stop Believin'
5
BON JOVI
You Give Love A Bad Name
6
DEF LEPPARD
Pour Some Sugar On Me
7
AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long
8
OZZY OSBOURNE
Crazy Train
9
GUNS N' ROSES
Sweet Child O' Mine
10
BILLY IDOL
White Wedding
11
PINK FLOYD
Another Brick In The...(Pt II)
12
AEROSMITH
Sweet Emotion
13
BLACK SABBATH
Paranoid
14
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Sweet Home Alabama
15
WHITESNAKE
Here I Go Again
16
FLEETWOOD MAC
Go Your Own Way
17
GUNS N' ROSES
Welcome To The Jungle
18
VAN HALEN
Jump
19
AC/DC
Back In Black
20
DEF LEPPARD
Animal
21
TOM PETTY
Free Fallin'
22
VAN HALEN
Panama
23
QUEEN
Another One Bites The Dust
24
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
25
SCORPIONS
Rock You Like A Hurricane
26
PHIL COLLINS
In The Air Tonight
27
KANSAS
Carry On Wayward Son
28
AC/DC
Highway To Hell
29
LED ZEPPELIN
Black Dog
30
TWISTED SISTER
We're Not Gonna Take It
31
EAGLES
Take It Easy
32
BLACK CROWES
Hard To Handle
33
SCORPIONS
No One Like You
34
QUIET RIOT
Cum On Feel The Noize
35
METALLICA
Enter Sandman
36
FLEETWOOD MAC
The Chain
37
STEVE EARLE
Copperhead Road
38
TOM PETTY
I Won't Back Down
39
DEF LEPPARD
Photograph
40
OUTFIELD
Your Love
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Here's the Canadian version. Not as much 90s as I would have thought, but Q107 has modernized more aggressively than some others.
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BOSTON...
etc. etc.
Now I am genuinely confused. How does that list not have any Trooper, Gino Vannelli, and all the other clunkers that constitute what I thought as Cancon? 🤔
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Here's the Canadian version. Not as much 90s as I would have thought, but Q107 has modernized more aggressively than some others.
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BOSTON...
etc. etc.Now I am genuinely confused. How does that list not have any Trooper, Gino Vannelli, and all the other clunkers that constitute what I thought as Cancon? 🤔
The Cancon kicks in after #40. (First one is #42 - Big Wreck/That song) Makes sense as top-testing songs will get a higher rotation.
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Here's the Canadian version. Not as much 90s as I would have thought, but Q107 has modernized more aggressively than some others.
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BOSTON...
etc. etc.Now I am genuinely confused. How does that list not have any Trooper, Gino Vannelli, and all the other clunkers that constitute what I thought as Cancon? 🤔
The Cancon kicks in after #40. (First one is #42 - Big Wreck/That song) Makes sense as top-testing songs will get a higher rotation.
My apologies and thanks. I should have worded my question as to what are the strictly Cancon songs. Anything not Cancon should be disregarded.
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Ah,
Here you go:
42 BIG WRECK That Song f/Thornley
50 NORTHERN PIKES She Ain't Pretty
53 NAZARETH This Flight Tonight
58 NEIL YOUNG Rockin' In The Free World
66 BIG WRECK The Oaf
71 RUSH Tom Sawyer
75 TOM COCHRANE Life Is A Highway
76 PAT BENATAR Hit Me With Your Best Shot
80 HEART Crazy On You
85 BIG SUGAR Diggin' A Hole
86 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
87 PAYOLAS Eyes Of A Stranger
90 TOM COCHRANE AND RED RIDER Big League
92 RUSH Limelight
93 SAGA On The Loose
94 TROOPER We're Here For A Good Time
95 KIM MITCHELL Go For Soda
96 BRYAN ADAMS Run To You
99 TREWS Not Ready To Go
105 TROOPER Raise A Little Hell
106 KINGS This Beat Goes On
108 LOVERBOY Working For The Weekend
113 BRYAN ADAMS Summer Of '69
116 RUSH Closer To The Heart
117 NICKELBACK How You Remind Me
119 RUSH The Spirit Of Radio
121 LOVERBOY Lovin' Every Minute Of It
122 TRIUMPH Lay It On The Line
123 COLIN JAMES Voodoo Thing
127 LOVERBOY The Kid Is Hot Tonite
129 LOVERBOY Turn Me Loose
131 HEART Magic Man
132 SAM ROBERTS Brother Down
133 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS I'm An Adult Now (1988)
134 TRIUMPH Somebody's Out There
135 THE TRAGICALLY HIP Ahead By A Century
136 APRIL WINE Oowatanite
139 RED RIDER Lunatic Fringe
142 KIM MITCHELL Lager & Ale
148 APRIL WINE Say Hello
149 EDDIE VEDDER Hard Sun
150 SAM ROBERTS Where Have All The Good...
152 APRIL WINE Roller
153 THE TRAGICALLY HIP New Orleans Is Sinking
154 APRIL WINE Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
155 THE TRAGICALLY HIP Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)
157 TROOPER The Boys In The Bright White..
158 THE TRAGICALLY HIP Blow At High Dough
159 STEPPENWOLF Born To Be Wild
160 ALDO NOVA Fantasy
161 TESLA Signs
164 HEADPINS Don't It Make Ya Feel
166 TREWS Tired Of Waiting
171 HONEYMOON SUITE New Girl Now
172 COLIN JAMES Just Came Back
175 KIM MITCHELL Rock N Roll Duty
176 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE Takin' Care Of Business
177 STEPPENWOLF Magic Carpet Ride
178 APRIL WINE I Like To Rock
181 BRYAN ADAMS Cuts Like A Knife
185 LENNY KRAVITZ American Woman
189 TRIUMPH Magic Power
190 54.4 Ocean Pearl
194 HEADSTONES Tweeter & The Monkey Man
196 BRYAN ADAMS This Time
199 SAM ROBERTS Don't Walk Away Eileen
200 HEADSTONES When Something Stands For...
206 HONEYMOON SUITE Feel It Again
210 KIM MITCHELL I Am A Wild Party (Live)
211 THE TRAGICALLY HIP Fifty-Mission Cap
216 THE TRAGICALLY HIP Poets
217 SLOAN Money City Maniacs
222 AEROSMITH Deuces Are Wild
224 HEADSTONES Cubically Contained
226 RUSH New World Man
228 MATTHEW GOOD BAND Hello Time Bomb
229 NEIL YOUNG Cinnamon Girl
234 HARLEQUIN Innocence
236 TOM COCHRANE AND RED RIDER Boy Inside The Man
237 JEFF HEALEY BAND While My Guitar Gently Weeps
238 BRYAN ADAMS Somebody
240 COLIN JAMES Five Long Years
244 WATCHMEN Stereo
245 FINGER ELEVEN Paralyzer
246 NICKELBACK Rockstar
248 DOUCETTE Mama Let Him Play
252 LOVERBOY Hot Girls In Love
262 THE TRAGICALLY HIP 38 Years Old
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Thank you...I think...🤔😁
GIANT FM thanks you as well.
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This is not a made up best of list. It's from a research company called Mediabase, which measures the frequency of song airplay in over 180 radio markets. I have to say I'm not surprised at the results and I've heard of almost every single one of them. Although I wasn't expecting #1 to come in where it did.
Does Q107 know about this? Is this their playlist? You'll certainly hear some or all of these on the station at some point.
The 40 Most Played Songs On Classic Rock Radio in 2025 (So Far)
Thanks for this. I noticed the Black Crowes blurb has one of my favourite typos, “She Talks to Angles”, how obtuse!
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What "acute" comment.
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