According to RPM Magazine, the biggest song of 1990 in Canada was “I Wish It Would Rain Down” by Phil Collins, a song he wrote and had lead guitar played by Eric Clapton. Fifteen songs from the year-end top 100 chart below involve Canadian artists which have been bolded in red. The top song from a Canadian artist was “More Than Words Can Say” by Alias at 2nd of the year. The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from radio airplay and nationwide sales data. The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.
| RANK | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 1 | I Wish It Would Rain Down | Phil Collins |
| 2 | More Than Words Can Say | Alias |
| 3 | Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinead O’Connor |
| 4 | Vogue | Madonna |
| 5 | Downtown Train | Rod Stewart |
| 6 | Release Me | Wilson Phillips |
| 7 | All I Wanna Do Is Make… | Heart |
| 8 | Vision of Love | Mariah Carey |
| 9 | Do You Remember? | Phil Collins |
| 10 | Escapade | Janet Jackson |
| 11 | It Must Have Been Love | Roxette |
| 12 | Something Happened… | Phil Collins |
| 13 | Opposites Attract | Paula Abdul |
| 14 | Across the River | Bruce Hornsby |
| 15 | Suicide Blonde | INXS |
| 16 | Lover of Mine | Alannah Myles |
| 17 | Step By Step | New Kids On the Block |
| 18 | Praying For time | George Michael |
| 19 | I’ll Be Your Shelter | Taylor Dayne |
| 20 | Hold On | Wilson Phillips |
| 21 | All Around the World | Lisa Stansfield |
| 22 | This Old Heart Of Mine | R. Stewart/R. Isley |
| 23 | Another Day in Paradise | Phil Collins |
| 24 | Love Takes Time | Mariah Carey |
| 25 | I Go to Extremes | Billy Joel |
| 26 | Stranded | Heart |
| 27 | Oh Girl | Paul Young |
| 28 | Love Will Lead You Back | Taylor Dayne |
| 29 | When I’m Back On My Feet… | Michael Bolton |
| 30 | Just Between You and Me | Lou Gramm |
| 31 | Janie’s Got a Gun | Aerosmith |
| 32 | Impulsive | Wilson Phillips |
| 33 | Dangerous | Roxette |
| 34 | Come Back To Me | Janet Jackson |
| 35 | The King of Wishful Thinking | Go West |
| 36 | So Close | Hall & Oates |
| 37 | Baby It’s Tonight | Jude Cole |
| 38 | Something to Believe In | Poison |
| 39 | Free Fallin’ | Tom Petty |
| 40 | Alright | Janet Jackson |
| 41 | How Can We Be Lovers | Michael Bolton |
| 42 | The Emperor’s New Clothes | Sinead O’Connor |
| 43 | Blue Sky Mine | Midnight Oil |
| 44 | Children of the Night | Richard Marx |
| 45 | Roam | The B-52s |
| 46 | I’m Your Baby Tonight | Whitney Houston |
| 47 | Peace In Our Time | Eddie Money |
| 48 | Unchained Melody | The Righteous Bros. |
| 49 | Don’t Wanna Fall in Love | Jane Child |
| 50 | We Didn’t Start the Fire | Billy Joel |
| 51 | The Heart of the Matter | Don Henley |
| 52 | Just Came Back | Colin James |
| 53 | Joey | Concrete Blonde |
| 54 | Every Little Tear | Paul Janz |
| 55 | Pump Up the Jam | Technotronic |
| 56 | Heart of Stone | Taylor Dayne |
| 57 | Say a Prayer | Breathe |
| 58 | I’ll Be Your Everything | Tommy Page |
| 59 | No Myth | Michael Penn |
| 60 | Cradle of Love | Billy Idol |
| 61 | From a Distance | Bette Midler |
| 62 | She Ain’t Pretty | The Northern Pikes |
| 63 | I Think I Love You Too Much | The Jeff Healey Band |
| 64 | What Kind of Man… | Chicago |
| 65 | Black Cat | Janet Jackson |
| 66 | Don’t Know Much | L. Ronstadt/A. Neville |
| 67 | Close To You | Maxi Priest |
| 68 | Dangerous Times | Sue Medley |
| 69 | Miracle | Jon Bon Jovi |
| 70 | U Can’t Touch This | MC Hammer |
| 71 | One and Only Man | Steve Winwood |
| 72 | Girl with a Problem | The Northern Pikes |
| 73 | Blame It On the Rain | Milli Vanilli |
| 74 | Save Me | Fleetwood Mac |
| 75 | All or Nothing | Milli Vanilli |
| 76 | How Am I Supposed To… | Michael Bolton |
| 77 | All the Lovers in the World | Gowan |
| 78 | Price of Love | Bad English |
| 79 | Rhythm Nation | Janet Jackson |
| 80 | Just Like Jesse James | Cher |
| 81 | Love and Affection | Nelson |
| 82 | Tonight | New Kids On the Block |
| 83 | Too Late to Say Goodbye | Richard Marx |
| 84 | With Every Beat of My Heart | Taylor Dayne |
| 85 | Crime Against Love | Barney Bentall |
| 86 | Keep It Together | Madonna |
| 87 | Woman in Chains | Tears For Fears |
| 88 | All My Life | L. Ronstadt/A. Neville |
| 89 | She Ain’t Worth It | G. Medeiros/B. Brown |
| 90 | Here We Are | Gloria Estefan |
| 91 | Every Little Thing | Jeff Lynne |
| 92 | Club at the End of the Street | Elton John |
| 93 | The Time of Day | Gino Vannelli |
| 94 | Two To Make It Right | Seduction |
| 95 | When a Heart Breaks | Rik Emmett |
| 96 | Freedom | George Michael |
| 97 | Little Salvation | Luba |
| 98 | Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice |
| 99 | You Gotta Love Someone | Elton John |
| 100 | Carry On | The Box |
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