Creating this list was not an easy feat. Some songs were so obvious, there was no doubt it would be the song for that year. Oher years, I struggled to narrow it down to one song. And other years, I actually had a hard time finding one! Some of these songs have very specific memories linked to them. Others are more an overall feeling of what the year was like. Some songs deserve their own posts.
Childhood
1977 C’est la poulette grise
1978 C is for Cookie
1979 Le clown Samuel – Suzanne Pinel
1980 Des fois j’ai peur – Passe-Partout
1981 Disney Electric Parade
1982 Schtroumpfs (Oh, Saturday morning cartoons. How I miss those days!)
1983 Un jouet extraordinaire – Nathalie Simard
1984 Muppet Show Theme
1985 Rabbit of Seville
Grades 5-8
1986 You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi
1987 I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
1988 Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
1989 Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
1990 Step By Step – New Kids on the Block
High School
1991 Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
1992 Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
1993 Julie – Les colocs
1994 S.O.S. d’un terrien en détresse – Bruno Pelletier
1995 You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
University
1996 Hello, I Love You – The Doors
1997 Magnificat in D – JS Bach
1998 Le Tourdion
1999 Apparitions – Matthew Good Band
2000 Bulgarian Shuffle – Yves Laroche
Montreal
2001 Backdrifts – Radiohead
2002 Purple Rain – Prince
2003 Avalanche – Matthew Good
Early aughts
2004 Hymn to Freedom – Oscar Peterson
2005 Nature Boy – Nat King Cole
2006 Mass in B Minor – Sanctus – JS Bach
Cocotte
2007 Shipoopi – Family Guy
2008 The Song That Goes Like This – Spamalot
2009 Backyardigans Theme Song
2010 Waiting for the Worms – The Wall – Pink Floyd
2011 Run – Snow Patrol
2012 Monsters Inc. Theme
2013 Under the Sea – Little Mermaid
2014 I Will Wait – Mumford and Sons
2015 Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
The last 10 years
2016 Scared – The Tragically Hip
2017 Si Dieu Existe – Claude Dubois
2018 Seize The Day – Newsies
2019 Kwela Kwela
2020 44 ans – Jean Lapointe
2021 The Room Where It Happens – Hamilton
2022 Burn Butcher Burn – The Witcher
2023 I’m On My Way – Gregory Charles
2024 Afraid of The Dark – TALK
2025 One Day More – Les Misérables
2026 What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World – Hans Zimmer
Cannot wait to see what music will hit next!
This Side of December 