RUSH's Closer To The Heart Voted #1 On The CBC's 49 Songs From North Of The 49th Parallel
January 20, 2009, 15 years ago
CBC Radio recently ran a contest to determine the 49 songs that best define Canada to incoming US President Barack Obama. RUSH's 'Closer To The Heart' was one of the songs nominated for 49 Songs From North Of The 49th Parallel. The results are in and not only did Rush make the list, but 'Closer To The Heart was the overall winner in its category. According to the CBC: "It was thanks to a last minute voting push from Rush fans that Closer To The Heart narrowly edged out GORDON LIGHTFOOT's 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' as the number one song in the first section."
Rush - 'Closer To The Heart':
