UK Number One Hits From Canada Quiz

Answer: Paul Anka

"Diana" was written by Paul Anka when he was 15, the subject being a friend, Diana, who was five years older.

He later recalled: "She was a little out of my league. She really didn't want anything to do with me, which made it even worse."

The song was a US number one for one week in 1959 but stayed at the top of the UK charts for nine weeks.

Between 1959 and 1994, Anka had 24 top 30 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, 12 in the UK, but only five in Canada.

Answer: Terry Jacks

A song about a dying man seemed hardly like to get to be number one, yet "Seasons In The Sun" did that.

The underrated Belgian composer Jacques Brel wrote "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man") in 1961. American poet Rod McKuen translated the lyrics into English and The Kingston Trio released the first English-language version in 1964.

Initially Terry Jacks was meant to arrange "Seasons In The Sun" for the Beach Boys, but felt he was not getting sufficient cooperation from them so kept it for himself.

In 1973, the song was Jacks' second single and was a huge hit, reaching number one in the USA for three weeks and topping the UK chart.

Answer: J.J. Barrie

In 2011, the British newspaper 'theGuardian' wrote: "'No Charge' might be considered over-sentimental by some, but it is also a powerful critique of the mentality of putting a dollar sign on things we should be doing for free."

The paper added: "'No Charge' was not just the name of a No 1 hit record, it summed up the ethos of the era - an era in which the interests of people came before corporate profits."

The song was written by Harlan Howard. and was made famous in North America by Melba Montgomery, whose 1974 version was a number one country hit in the USA and Canada, and reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Two years later, J.J. Barrie made it a number one in the UK pop charts. In the process, he joined the 'one-hit wonder' club.

Answer: Bryan Adams

For every person who loves this song, there are probably about a dozen saying "pass the sick bag, Alice".

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was on the soundtrack of the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and was UK number one for 16 weeks in 1991. It also topped the Billboard Hot 100.

It became one of the most successful singles of all time, selling over three million copies; was number one in 30 countries; and won a Grammy.

In 2016, readers of the 'New York Times' voted it one of the worst songs ever recorded.

("Seasons In The Sun", Q3, was also on that list).

Answer: Drake

"God's Plan" was the first of three solo UK number ones for Drake during 2018. The others were "Nice For What" and "In My Feelings". They followed his number one duet with Rihanna "What's My Name?" in 2011 and "One Dance" with Wizkid and Kyla in 2016.

Aubrey Drake Graham was a Toronto-born actor, songwriter, producer and rapper.

With sales of over 150 million records, he set a record of the most charted songs by a solo artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 - 186.

Answer: Shawn Mendes

"Stitches" was written by Daniel Parker, Teddy Geiger and Daniel "Daylight" Kyriakides.

Initially, Mendes had not wanted to record it as he normally wrote his own songs. He admitted, though, that when he listened to the song he "fell in love" with it.

The song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada.

Answer: Justin Bieber

"What Do You Mean?" was the first of three UK number ones for Bieber during 2015. It also made him the first Canadian to go 'number one with a bullet' on the Billboard Hot 100.

On Spotify it was streamed 21 million times in five days.

As well as the UK and the USA, the song was a number one in Canada and five other territories.

Answer: Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado had released ten singles between 2000 and 2005 before scoring her first chart-topper.

That came with "Promiscuous" in 2006. The song was a collaboration with Timbaland and was a number one in both the USA and Canada. "Maneater" was to be her first UK number one. Both were on her 2006 album "Loose".

Answer: Kiesza

Kiesa Rae Ellestad was born and raised in Calgary and was of Scottish and Norwegian descent.

A former member of the Canadian navy reserve and a Miss Universe contestant, she wrote her first song at the age of 18.

In 2014, her first single, "Hideaway" was a UK number one and also topped the charts in Belgium and The Netherlands. It was a number five in Canada. It also won a Juno Award in Canada for song and video.

In 2017, she sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car crash and took two years out from recording and performing.

Answer: Celine Dion

Proving that a movie soundtrack can be a good career move, Celine Dion hit the top in both the UK and USA with "My Heart Will Go On", from the movie "Titanic".

(If you have been paying attention in this quiz series, you will have realised that this was the third chart-topper referred to from a movie theme.)

The music for the song and movie came from James Horner, while Will Jennings wrote the lyrics.

Jennings had not seen any of the rushes before he wrote the lyrics, Horner had outlined the narrative.. Jennings later said: "I wrote everything from the point of view of a person of a great age looking back so many years. It was the love story that made the film, of course. It was magnificently done with special effects, the actors were good. But the love story was what it was."

Although Celine Dion was the first choice of the writers to sing the song, she was initially reluctant to do so.

Her husband suggested she sing it. She later told 'Billboard' magazine: "I wanted to choke my husband, because I didn't want to do it!"

The song won 1998 Grammy Awards for 'Record Of The Year', 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance', 'Song Of The Year' and 'Best Song for a Motion Picture'.