Click a song title to view the associated blog posts.
Boston - More Than A Feeling (Post # )
Reason: The band is from the city and even named after the city.
Coldplay - In My Place (Post # )
Reason: Chris Martin is from the Devon area.
Delerium - Tundra (Post # )
Reason: This is where you go to see polar bears.
Frank Sinatra - Theme from New York, New York (Post # )
Reason: I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps.
Icehouse - Great Southern Land (Post # )
Reason: Look into the land and it will tell you a story.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World (Post # )
Reason: Beautiful Hawaiian medley of these classic songs.
Jerry Goldsmith - The Gremlin Rag (Post # )
Reason: There might just be little critters up to no good.
Red Box - Saskatchewan (Post # )
Reason: The true prairie province.
Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda (Post # )
Reason: Most iconic Aussie song. By the way, a jumbuck is a sheep.
Sloan - Coax Me (Post # )
Reason: Greatest band to ever come out of Halifax.
Stompin Tom - Bud The Spud (Post # )
Reason: It's Bud the spud from the bright red mud.
U2 - New York (Post # )
Reason: We've got a place in New York.
Village People - San Francisco (Post # )
Reason: City by the bay. Yeah.
Incubus - The Spirit (Post # 287)
Reason: Catch the Spirit in Barrie.
Children's Songs - Alice The Camel (Post # 281)
Reason: Perhaps a relative of Sara?
Prince - Purple Rain (Post # 280)
Reason: Purple cactus, hummingbirds and lemon heart dark chocolate .
Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards (Post # 279)
Reason: Some of the greatest leapers.
Dream Academy - St. Valentine's Day (Post # 277)
Reason: Love, hearts, chocolate and more.
Ralph Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down (Post # 276)
Reason: A whole mob of them at the zoo.
Dick Van Dyke - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Post # 275)
Reason: Meet the real inventor behind the inventions.
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Post # 272)
Reason: Reminds us of a small town covered in snow.
Star Wars - Christmas In The Stars (Post # 271)
Reason: Christmas with robots.
Randy Bachman & Neil Young - Prairie Town (Post # 270)
Reason: Portage & Main fifty below.
Pratt & McClain - Happy Days Theme (Post # 269)
Reason: This house is your's and my. Happy Days!
Nine Inch Nails - Vessel (Post # 268)
Reason: Stairs and art and more stairs.
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Post # 267)
Reason: Patrick Swayze becomes a ghost after making some pottery.
Veruca Salt - Seether (Post # 266 )
Reason: Salt. A big dome full of salt.
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Post # 265)
Reason: Babies will be shot from a cannon. Make my day.
Weird Al Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy! (Post # 263)
Reason: Released the year before Jeopardy! returned with Alex Trebek as host.
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Post # 260)
Reason: The Boss sang at this bridge's dedication.
Beloved - Hello (Post # 257)
Reason: Hello cafe. Hello tea. Hello Kitty. Hello me.
Blue October - Into The Ocean (Post # 256)
Reason: Stop putting garbage.
Swing Out Sister - Surrender (Post # 255)
Reason: An Unconditional Surrender.
Power Station - Some Like It Hot (Post # 254)
Reason: And some like to bungee between the towers.
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (Post # 252)
Reason: The Humane Society will take care of that cat.
Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Post # 251)
Reason: The world's biggest..
Rheostatics - Bad Time To Be Poor (Post # 250)
Reason: The early 1800s was a bad time to be poor.
Baltimora - Woody Boogie (Post # 249)
Reason: Woodcocks boogie as the sun goes down.
Police - Message In A Bottle (Post # 248)
Reason: An environmental message in a giant bottle.
Daft Punk - Da Funk (Post # 246)
Reason: Big City Nights. No Radios.
Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About (Post # 243)
Reason: Like penguins and their pools.
Sheep On Drugs - Uberman (Post # 242)
Reason: Say hello to Uber5000man.
Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs (Post # 241)
Reason: All the pigs are all lined up.
Roger Miller - King Of The Road (Post # 239)
Reason: From King of The Road to On The Road Again.
Barry Manilow - Copacabana (Post # 238)
Reason: We know plenty songs! They all end up sounding like this.
Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas (Post # 236)
Reason: You'll find a whole lot of Christmas and a whole lot of heart in Simcoe.
Nana Mouskouri - Old Toy Trains (Post # 235)
Reason: 20 Years of Holiday Train cheers.
Kraftwerk - The Robots (Post # 233)
Reason: We are the robots. We serve sushi.
Shriekback - Hammerheads (Post # 232)
Reason: This song has both hammerheads and Frankfurt born Hans Zimmer.
Run DMC - Peter Piper (Post # 231)
Reason: This song owes a lot to Mother Goose.
John Lennon - Imagine (Post # 228)
Reason: Imagine Peace at Nuit Blanche.
This Mortal Coil- Song To The Siren (Post # 225)
Reason: Just one of the things you'll encounter on the Silk Road.
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (Post # 224)
Reason: You'll have some weird people sitting next to you... on the TTC.
Quint - (The Ballad of) Sharknado (Post # 223)
Reason: Fishing for sharks in a herd of buffalo.
Herbert Chappell - Paddington Bear Theme (Post # 222)
Reason: From Peru to Paddington Station.
Florence & The Machine - Shake It Off (Post # 221)
Reason: Following the crowds in Brisbane.
Sun Dial - Watch You Smile (Post # 220)
Reason: Inside a giant concrete ball.
Disney - Part Of Your World (Post # 218)
Reason: A Mermaid, her seahorse and a giant clam are all part of our world.
Blue Peter - Don't Walk Past (Post # 215)
Reason: Featuring the son of Sam.
B-52's - Lava (Post # 214)
Reason: My body's burnin' like a lava from a Mauna Loa. Or its neighbour Kilauea.
Hootie & The Blowfish - I Go Blind (Post # 213)
Reason: We give a hoot about this cover version of a Canadian classic.
Trooper - Raise A Little Hell (Post # 212)
Reason: One of Rick Mercer's favourite songs.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Train Song (Post # 208)
Reason: Australian trains are always departing at this busy station.
Kilkenny Krew - Sloop John B. (Post # 207)
Reason: This song was playing on one of the best trips we've ever been on.
Bert Parks - Miss America (Post # 206)
Reason: There he is, your komodo dragon.
Vis A Vis - Shadowplay (Post # 205)
Reason: February 2nd is when Willie might see his shadow.
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Post # 203)
Reason: One of the songs we danced to in the Ice Bar.
Foreigner - Cold As Ice (Post # 202)
Reason: As cold as a night in an Ice Hotel.
Bob Rivers - There's Another Santa Claus (Post # 201)
Reason: A street filled with Santas.
Boston Pops - Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies (Post # 200)
Reason: We visited a land of candy royalty.
A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication (Post # 199)
Reason: An historic site.
Big Wreck - That Song (Post # 198)
Reason: Ian Thornley interviewed.
The Cure - Love Cats (Post # 194)
Reason: Cheetah, Clouded & Snow Leopards..
Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (Post # 192)
Reason: Detective Murdoch on TV.
Desi Arnaz - Cuban Pete (Post # 191)
Reason: Chick Chicky Boom on a New York Street in California.
Stompin Tom - Roll On Saskatchewan (Post # 190)
Reason: To Regina and back.
Bambi - Rock On (Post # 189)
Reason: Rock On Rock at The Ex.
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop (Post # 187)
Reason: The last 2 weeks of August it's At The Ex.
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Post # 186)
Reason: Blue is the colour of this whale.
Erasure - River Deep Mountain High. (Post # 185)
Reason: In this case the Bow River and Sulphur Mountain.
Blondie - The Tide Is High (Post # 184)
Reason: Some of the highest tides in the world.
Ernie - Rubber Duckie (Post # 182)
Reason: This rubber duck was a big hit.
Stompin Tom - CANADA (Cross Canada) (Post # 181)
Reason: In Canada we get to see them all.
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Post # 177)
Reason: We visited the video filming locations.
Erasure - Knocking At Your Door (Post # 176)
Reason: Knocking on a blue door.
Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Post # 175)
Reason: The high-end hotel where the term started.
Marky Mark - On The House Tip (Post # 174)
Reason: On the T.I.P of Point Pelee.
Underworld - Jumbo (Post # 173)
Reason: A very large monument in St. Thomas.
Gene Autry - Here Comes Peter Cottontail (Post # 171)
Reason: Here comes bunnies, rabbits and hares.
Run DMC - Walk This Way (Post # 169)
Reason: Even if your walk is silly.
Monty Python - Eric The Half A Bee (Post # 167)
Reason: Half of something, must ipso facto, half not be.
Genesis - Mama (Post # 166)
Reason: Mama serves some delicious fish dishes.
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (Post # 165)
Reason: What other music would you play in this park?
Sunscreem - Release Me (Post # 164)
Reason: That's what the sun screamed after Maui captured it.
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Post # 163)
Reason: A song for the family.
KMFDM - Crazy Horses (Post # 162)
Reason: Horses of television and film.
Robert Folk - Police Academy March (Post # 161)
Reason: Welcome to the Academy.
Skinny Puppy - Icebreaker (Post # 160)
Reason: Winter Harbourfront art.
Alice In Chains - Rooster (Post # 159)
Reason: Feral chickens.
Underworld - Born Slippy NUXX (Post # 158)
Reason: Doing a little trainspotting.
Anne Murray - Snow Bird (Post # 157)
Reason: Birds of the tundra.
River City People - Walking On Ice (Post # 156)
Reason: City People River Ferry Ice.
Raffi - Down By The Bay (Post # 155)
Reason: Did you ever see a Bay down by the Bay?
C+C Music Factory - A Deeper Love (Post # 154)
Reason: Pride! of white lions.
Lionel Ritchie - Stuck On You (Post # 152)
Reason: Tongue plus metal pole in winter.
Anne Murray - Winter Wonderland (Post # 151)
Reason: Canadian Enchanted Forest.
Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night (Post # 150)
Reason: These lights love the night.
Download - Glassblower (Post # 149)
Reason: A world renowned glass artist.
Lowest Of The Low - Bleed A Little While Tonight (Post # 148)
Reason: You nearly kissed me blind on Bathurst Street it's true.
Craig Northey - My Happy Place (Post # 146)
Reason: Its a great big place full of nothing but space.
Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday (Post # 145)
Reason: A Super Moon on Monday.
Craig Northey - Not a Lot Goin' On (Post # 144)
Reason: This place is a gas.
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fall Down (Post # 143)
Reason: This band hails from Santa Barbara.
Gazebo - I like Chopin (Post # 142)
Reason: This other gazebo likes choppin'.
Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween (Post # 141)
Reason: Jack Skellington look-a-likes in Vegas.
Prodigy - Ruff in the Jungle (Post # 140)
Reason: Feel the Ben Jungle vibe baby.
The Muppets - Happiness Hotel (Post # 138)
Reason: If the road's been kinda bumpy and you need to rest a spell.
Art of Noise - Opus 4 (Post # 137)
Reason: No sun, no moon. No proper time of day.
Death Cab For Cutie - Black Sun (Post # 136)
Reason: The Black Sun shines on the White Night.
Genesis - Man On The Corner (Post # 135)
Reason: What he's waiting for I don't know.
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Post # 134)
Reason: It all started in All Hallows Church.
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (Post # 133)
Reason: Go round and round and turn upside down.
J. Geils Band - Love Stinks (Post # 132)
Reason: And so does the main ingredient used at this restaurant.
Beastie Boys - Slow Ride (Post # 131)
Reason: We went to White Castle and we got thrown out.
Blood Brothers - Replica (Post # 130)
Reason: She's a replica from a movie I know.
Spin Doctors - Two Princes (Post # 129)
Reason: The Princes' Song.
The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon (Post # 128)
Reason: That night in Toronto.
Weird Al Yankovic - Yoda (Post # 127)
Reason: We had plenty of fun with our little Jedi Master.
Bob Marley - One Love (Post # 126)
Reason: You can't think of Jamaica without Marley.
Bedoin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song (Post # 125)
Reason: This song was looped on a resort ad at Sandals.
Lorde - Tennis Court (Post # 124)
Reason: Let's go down to the tennis court and talk it up like yeah.
Bob & Doug McKenzie - 12 Days Of Christmas (Post # 123)
Reason: A couple of hosers making it up as they go along.
Yello - The Race (Post # 122)
Reason: Count on me. I'm gonna win the race.
Rita Coolidge - Love Came For Me (Post # 120)
Reason: The love theme from Splash.
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? (Post # 118)
Reason: You never know which Australian creature you may encounter next.
Yello - Oh Yeah (Post # 117)
Reason: Life moves pretty fast. Stop and look around once in a while.
Barenaked Ladies - Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Post # 116)
Reason: A tour of Scarborough with the Ladies.
Alan Menken - Part of Your World (Post # 114)
Reason: She does look a bit like a mermaid.
Michael Jackson - Beat It (Post # 112)
Reason: You mess with the fro. You got to go.
Rock & Hyde - Dirty Water (Post # 111)
Reason: Treating that water to make it clean again.
Todd Terry - Bango(To The Batmobile) (Post # 110)
Reason: Another Batman.
Nitzer Ebb - Cherry Blossom (Post # 109)
Reason: Cherry Blossoms are here.
Abba - Dancing Queen (Post # 108)
Reason: Queen Elizabeth II.
Dimitrios Mitropanos - S'Anazitos (Post # 107)
Reason: We pay our final respects to this great musician.
Supremes - Baby Love (Post # 106)
Reason: Many baby animals to love.
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Saturday Night (Post # 105)
Reason: Downtown on the weekend.
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin You (Post # 104)
Reason: A paperclip, a snow globe, a house.
Greek Wedding Band - Orea Pou Ine I Nifi Mas (Post # 103)
Reason: Traditional Greek wedding song.
Abba - Mamma Mia (Post # 102)
Reason: Part of an all Abba theatre production.
Paul Engemann - Scarface (Push It To The Limit) (Post # 101)
Reason: Chainsaws and South Beach.
Teknicolor Raincoats - All The Tea in China (Post # 97)
Reason: A Chinese tea ceremony in Toronto.
Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (Post # 96)
Reason: This singer shares a name and birth date with this museum.
Erasure - 91 Steps (6 Pianos Mix) (Post # 95)
Reason: Pianos and steps.
Wonder Stuff - Caught In My Shadow (Post # 94)
Reason: These shadows can predict the weather.
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World (Post # 93)
Reason: Little baby and a big Bonhomme.
The Waltons - Colder Than You (Post # 92)
Reason: It doesn't get much colder than Quebec City in February.
Barenaked Ladies - Jane (Post # 91)
Reason: The most beautiful intersection.
Maestro Fresh Wes - Drop The Needle (Post # 90)
Reason: Toronto rapper Maestro appears in Season 3 Episode 3.
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo (Post # 89)
Reason: Happened to be playing during a moose encounter.
Gilbert & Sullivan - I am the very model of a Modern Major-General (Post # 88)
Reason: Famous opera theatre.
Crowded House - Chocolate Cake (Post # 87)
Reason: Can I have another piece?
Disco Noel - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Post # 86)
Reason: A Christmas classic.
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Post # 85)
Reason: This Bostonian is looking for something steamy.
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (Post # 84)
Reason: Johnny 5 could be that hero.
Five Man Electrical Band - Signs (Post # 83)
Reason: Ottawa saw some signs Nov 29th.
Rusty - Empty Cell (Post # 82)
Reason: Some rusty Canadians.
T-Rex - Get It On (Bang A Gong) (Post # 81)
Reason: A huge dinosaur in the music world.
Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Cha (Post # 80)
Reason: Tea for two and two for tea.
Adele - Skyfall (Post # 79)
Reason: Bond. From Connery to Craig.
John Barry - James Bond Theme (Post # 78)
Reason: 007 always has the best vehicles & gadgets.
Count von Count - The Batty Bat (Post # 77)
Reason: You can count on something scary.
Huey Lewis And The News - The Power Of Love (Post # 76)
Reason: Great song for time traveling no matter which direction.
Timbuk 3 - Hairstyles & Attitudes (Post # 75)
Reason: Alpacas have both, but mostly the former.
Celebrate The Nun - She's A Secretary (Post # 74)
Reason: This bird is a secretary too.
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (Post # 73)
Reason: The choice of mascots everywhere.
Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (Post # 72)
Reason: The perfect vacation road trip song.
Bjork - Venus As A Boy (Post # 71)
Reason: Interesting Icelandic singer.
Arrows - Meet Me In The Middle (Post # 70)
Reason: Smack dab in the middle of Canada.
Beach Boys - California Girls (Post # 67)
Reason: I wish they all could be California.(More about this song)
David Lee Roth - California Girls (Post # 67)
Reason: I wish they all could be California.(More about this song)
Naked Cowboy - Naked Cowboy Anthem (Post # 66)
Reason: He's out there in the square.
A Tribe Called Red - Electric Pow Wow Drum (Post # 65)
Reason: Parapan Am commercial music and Opening Ceremonies DJ Shub.
Mel Torme - Heart And Soul (Post # 64)
Reason: One of many versions of this classic song.
Bobby Gosh - Welcome To Our World Of Toys (Post # 63)
Reason: The clock greets you as you enter FAO Schwarz.
Europe - The Final Countdown (Post # 62)
Reason: A giant clock counting down.
OMD - Architecture & Morality (Post # 61)
Reason: Sounds like it should be required listening for architects.
Levi Stubbs - Mean Green Mother From Outerspace (Post # 58)
Reason: Something about Clive reminds us of Audrey II.
Freelance Whales - Generator First Floor (Post # 57)
Reason: We get up early just to start cranking the generator.
Thompson Twins - Bombers In The Sky (Post # 56)
Reason: Briefly appears in the movie but would work better for this scene.
Fats Domino - I'm Ready (Post # 55)
Reason: Gizmo's dance moves are the bomb.
Captain Sensible - Wot (Post # 54)
Reason: He said captain. I said wot.
Moby - Extreme Ways (Post # 52)
Reason: Bourne Identity theme.
Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (Post # 50)
Reason: Paul Schaffer co-wrote this No. 1 hit.
Northern Lights - Tears Are Not Enough (Post # 49)
Reason: Canadian superstar group named after this natural phenomenon.
Pharrell - Despicable Me (Post # 48)
Reason: Minions are everywhere.
B-52's - Rock Lobster (Post # 43)
Reason: It is a 55 tonne lobster.(More about this song) (Post #51)
House Master Boyz - House Nation (Post # 41)
Reason: We were in the mood for a little house music.
Dave Koz - Faces of The Heart (Post # 40)
Reason: This is the theme from a popular soap opera.
Disney Chorus - Humphrey Hop (In the Bag) (Post # 39)
Reason: There once was a little bear named Humphrey.
Howard Huntsberry - Higher And Higher (Post # 38)
Reason: No other song brings Lady Liberty to life quite like this one.
Kon Kan - Liberty! (Post # 33)
Reason: Because it's the Statue of ......
Drifters - White Christmas (Post # 32)
Reason: If something should happen to me, put on my suit.
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) (Post # 31)
Reason: One hit wonder from the film Hiding Out.
The Mellomen - The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room (Post # 30)
Reason: Because the birds sing words and the flowers croon.
Prodigy - The Omen (Post # 29)
Reason: Kick ass song from a Kick-Ass movie.
Bill Haley & The Comets - See You Later Alligator (Post # 28)
Reason: No shortage of alligators here.
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Post # 27)
Reason: Bubba & Forrest were in the Vietnam War.
Grapes Of Wrath - All The Things I Wasn't (Post # 26)
Reason: The band is named after a John Steinbeck novel.
A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV (Post # 25)
Reason: You can decide which TV shows see the light.
Shonen Knife - Cobra vs Mongoose (Post # 23)
Reason: Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mongoose!
Traditional - Early One Morning (Post # 22)
Reason: The Friendly Giant theme song.
Juno Reactor - Mona Lisa Overdrive (Post # 21)
Reason: From The Matrix Reloaded with Mona Lisa in the title. Great for driving.
Yello - Live At The Roxy (Post # 20)
Reason: They had only performed live once. These are the highlights.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (Post # 19)
Reason: B-B-B-B-B-Badlands.
Run DMC - It's Tricky (Post # 18)
Reason: Two Vegas magicians are featured in the video.
Panda Bear - You Can Count On Me (Post # 16)
Reason: Who doesn't love pandas?
Merrie Melodies - Overture (Post # 14)
Reason: On with the show this is it.
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) (Post # 11)
Reason: Title track from the movie filmed at this world wonder.
Beatle Barkers - A Hard Day's Night (Post # 9)
Reason: We wonder if they are spayed and neutered.
Mick Smiley - Magic (Post # 8)
Reason: The containment unit is shut down and ghosts are released back into the city.
Weird Al Yankovic - The Brady Bunch (Post # 7)
Reason: Sung to the tune of Men Without Hats - Safety Dance.
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Post # 6)
Reason: Who Ya Gonna Call ?
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (Post # 4)
Reason: The song was written about the restaurant
POST # 2 - Bronson Caves (aka The Batcave)
Neal Hefti - Batman Theme
Reason: Batman. Batman. Batman.
POST # 1 - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Bugs Bunny - What's Up Doc?
Reason: Mel Blanc's final resting place.
Ramones - Rock n Roll High School
Reason: Johnny Ramone's final resting place.
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