The Much Countdown (also known as the Much Top 30 Countdown, and formerly known as The MuchMusic Top 20 Countdown) is an hour-long musical television program, usually hosted by a VJ, that aired on Canadian music television station MuchMusic from 1996 to 2017.For the current MuchMusic Top 20 Countdown see http://www.muchmusic.com/countdown/. Countdown was one of the longest-running programs that has aired on MuchMusic since the channel's debut. Originally sponsored by Coca-Cola, it was known for the first several years as the Coca-Cola Countdown.
Format The program aired a playlist of the most well-known songs in the mainstream in Canada. The order that the videos were played went from No. 30 to No. 1, although only about a dozen or so of those videos were actually played. The countdown usually followed certain rules regarding what videos it played and its structure:
The entire Top 10 was played, regardless of how the song was moving on the chart Other videos that got played were big rising songs or songs that were debuting on the chart, with one exception (Slipknot's "Left Behind", which was later played when it peaked at 13). Debuting songs always rose at least one spot the next week, the only exception was Mase's "Lookin' at Me" After debuting, songs would rise until they hit No. 1 or they stall at a certain position, by remaining at that position for a second week in a row or by falling down the chart. After a song stalls, it begins falling off the chart and never recovers, with a few exceptions The chart program led off with the debuting songs, the only exception was when "4AM" by Our Lady Peace led off the February 6, 1998 edition in its second week on the chart because the only debut that week was Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" at No. 22
Number ones Here is a listing of number ones from 1996 onwards:
1996 Date Weeks @ No. 1 Song Performer 5 January 1996 No chart 12 January 1996 1 "You Remind Me of Something" R. Kelly 19 January 1996 1 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston 26 January 1996 2 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men 9 February 1996 3 "Wonderwall" Oasis 1 March 1996 4 "Ironic" Alanis Morissette 29 March 1996 1 "1979" The Smashing Pumpkins 5 April 1996 1 "Sleepy Maggie" Ashley MacIsaac 12 April 1996 1 "Big Me" Foo Fighters 19 April 1996 1 "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" Coolio 26 April 1996 1 "Nobody Knows" The Tony Rich Project 3 May 1996 1 "Champagne Supernova" Oasis 10 May 1996 2 "Big Bang Baby" Stone Temple Pilots 24 May 1996 2 "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" Hootie & the Blowfish 7 June 1996 2 "Killing Me Softly" Fugees featuring Lauryn Hill 21 June 1996 2 "Ahead by a Century" The Tragically Hip 5 July 1996 1 "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 12 July 1996 1 "Fastlove" George Michael 19 July 1996 2 "You Learn" Alanis Morissette 2 August 1996 1 "Give Me One Reason" Tracy Chapman 9 August 1996 1 "Until It Sleeps" Metallica 16 August 1996 1 "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis 23 August 1996 1 "You're Makin' Me High" Toni Braxton 30 August 1996 2 "That Girl" Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy 13 September 1996 1 "Where It's At" Beck 20 September 1996 1 "Gift Shop" The Tragically Hip 27 September 1996 2 "I Love You Always Forever" Donna Lewis 11 October 1996 2 "Spiderwebs" No Doubt 25 October 1996 1 "E-Bow the Letter" R.E.M. 1 November 1996 1 "If It Makes You Happy" Sheryl Crow 8 November 1996 2 "No Diggity" Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre 22 November 1996 1 "Aneurysm (Live)" Nirvana 29 November 1996 1 "How Bizarre" OMC 6 December 1996 2 "Swallowed" Bush 20 December 1996 1 of 2 "Don't Speak" No Doubt 27 December 1996 No chart
1997 Date Weeks @ No. 1 Song Performer 3 January 1997 No chart 10 January 1997 2 of 2 "Don't Speak" No Doubt 17 January 1997 2 "Don't Let Go (Love)" En Vogue 31 January 1997 1 "Lovefool" The Cardigans 7 February 1997 3 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 28 February 1997 1 "Discothèque" U2 7 March 1997 2 "One Headlight" The Wallflowers 21 March 1997 2 "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls 4 April 1997 3 "Superman's Dead" Our Lady Peace 25 April 1997 1 "Precious Declaration" Collective Soul 2 May 1997 1 "Your Woman" White Town 9 May 1997 2 "I Want You" Savage Garden 23 May 1997 1 "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" Backstreet Boys 30 May 1997 2 "MMMBop" Hanson 13 June 1997 1 "Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G. 20 June 1997 2 "Clumsy" Our Lady Peace 4 July 1997 2 "2 Become 1" Spice Girls 18 July 1997 1 "The Difference" The Wallflowers 25 July 1997 1 "Bitch" Meredith Brooks 1 August 1997 1 "Men in Black" Will Smith 8 August 1997 2 "Do You Know (What It Takes)" Robyn 22 August 1997 2 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 5 September 1997 1 "Temptation" The Tea Party 12 September 1997 2 "Building a Mystery" Sarah McLachlan 26 September 1997 1 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Backstreet Boys 3 October 1997 1 "D'You Know What I Mean?" Oasis 10 October 1997 1 "Automatic Flowers" Our Lady Peace 17 October 1997 1 "Barbie Girl" Aqua 24 October 1997 2 "Fly" Sugar Ray featuring Super Cat 7 November 1997 2 "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba 21 November 1997 1 "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men 28 November 1997 1 "As Long as You Love Me" Backstreet Boys 5 December 1997 2 "You Make Me Wanna..." Usher 19 December 1997 1 "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve 26 December 1997 No chart
1998 Date Weeks @ No. 1 Song Performer 2 January 1998 No chart 9 January 1998 2 "Show Me Love" Robyn 23 January 1998 2 "Lollipop (Candyman)" Aqua 6 February 1998 2 "Sweet Surrender" Sarah McLachlan 20 February 1998 1 "Together Again" Janet 27 February 1998 1 "Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden 6 March 1998 2 "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from 'Titanic')" Celine Dion 20 March 1998 1 "Sex and Candy" Marcy Playground 27 March 1998 2 "Frozen" Madonna 10 April 1998 1 "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" Will Smith 17 April 1998 1 "I Want You Back" *NSYNC 24 April 1998 1 "All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo 1 May 1998 1 "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia 8 May 1998 2 "The Way" Fastball 22 May 1998 1 "Adia" Sarah McLachlan 29 May 1998 1 "Release" The Tea Party 5 June 1998 1 "Stop" Spice Girls 12 June 1998 1 "Northern Touch" Rascalz 19 June 1998 1 "Too Close" Next 26 June 1998 1 "Lucky Man" The Verve 3 July 1998 1 "Broken Bones" Love Inc. 10 July 1998 2 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy & Monica 24 July 1998 1 "Ray of Light" Madonna 31 July 1998 2 "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls 14 August 1998 1 "Ava Adore" The Smashing Pumpkins 21 August 1998 2 "Poets" The Tragically Hip 4 September 1998 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith 11 September 1998 2 "One Week" Barenaked Ladies 25 September 1998 1 "Go Deep" Janet 2 October 1998 1 "Intergalactic" Beastie Boys 9 October 1998 1 "Crush" Jennifer Paige 16 October 1998 2 "The First Night" Monica 30 October 1998 1 "Apparitions" Matthew Good Band 6 November 1998 1 "The Dope Show" Marilyn Manson 13 November 1998 2 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Lauryn Hill 27 November 1998 1 "Thank U" Alanis Morissette 4 December 1998 1 "Slide" Goo Goo Dolls 11 December 1998 1 "Sweetest Thing" U2 18 December 1998 1 "It's All Been Done" Barenaked Ladies 25 December 1998 No chart
1999 Date Weeks @ No. 1 Song Performer Ref 1 January 1999 No Chart 8 January 1999 5 "...Baby One More Time" Britney Spears 12 February 1999 1 "Believe" Cher 19 February 1999 2 "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" The Offspring 5 March 1999 2 "Every Morning" Sugar Ray 19 March 1999 2 "Ex-Factor" Lauryn Hill 2 April 1999 1 "What It's Like" Everlast 9 April 1999 2 "Love Song" Sky 23 April 1999 1 "Praise You" Fatboy Slim 30 April 1999 1 "My Name Is" Eminem 7 May 1999 1 "Why Don't You Get a Job?" The Offspring 14 May 1999 1 "Freak on a Leash" Korn 21 May 1999 1 "Sucks to Be You" Prozzäk 28 May 1999 1 "No Scrubs" TLC 4 June 1999 2 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Ricky Martin 18 June 1999 2 "I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 2 July 1999 1 "Sometimes" Britney Spears 9 July 1999 1 "Wild Wild West" Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee 16 July 1999 1 "Beautiful Stranger" Madonna 23 July 1999 1 "If You Had My Love" Jennifer Lopez 30 July 1999 1 "Steal My Sunshine" Len 6 August 1999 1 "Heaven Coming Down" The Tea Party 13 August 1999 1 "All Star" Smash Mouth 20 August 1999 1 "Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers 27 August 1999 1 "Nookie" Limp Bizkit 3 September 1999 1 "Breathe" Moist 10 September 1999 2 "Genie In A Bottle" Christina Aguilera 24 September 1999 2 "Unpretty" TLC 8 October 1999 1 "Strange Disease" Prozzak 15 October 1999 1 "(You Drive Me) Crazy" Britney Spears 22 October 1999 1 "Heartbreaker" Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z 29 October 1999 1 "Smooth" Santana featuring Rob Thomas 5 November 1999 2 "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" Lou Bega 19 November 1999 1 "Hello Time Bomb" Matthew Good Band 26 November 1999 2 "Larger than Life" Backstreet Boys 10 December 1999 1 "One Man Army" Our Lady Peace 17 December 1999 1 "Re-Arranged" Limp Bizkit 24 December 1999 No Chart 31 December 1999 No Chart
2000 Date Weeks @ No. 1 Song Performer Ref 7 January 2000 2 "Waiting for Tonight" Jennifer Lopez 21 January 2000 1 "Let's Ride" Choclair 28 January 2000 1 "Learn to Fly" Foo Fighters 4 February 2000 1 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" Eiffel 65 11 February 2000 2 "What a Girl Wants" Christina Aguilera 25 February 2000 2 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" Backstreet Boys 10 March 2000 2 "Load Me Up" Matthew Good Band 24 March 2000 1 "Is Anybody Home?" Our Lady Peace 31 March 2000 2 "Bye Bye Bye" *NSYNC 14 April 2000 1 "Otherside" Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 April 2000 1 "Forgot About Dre" Dr. Dre featuring Eminem 28 April 2000 1 "Maria Maria" Santana featuring The Product G&B 5 May 2000 1 "I Try" Macy Gray 12 May 2000 2 "Thong Song" Sisqó 26 May 2000 3 "Oops!... I Did It Again" Britney Spears 16 June 2000 1 "Alive" Edwin 23 June 2000 1 "He Wasn't Man Enough" Toni Braxton 30 June 2000 1 "American Bad Ass" Kid Rock 7 July 2000 2 "The Real Slim Shady" Eminem 21 July 2000 1 "Sour Girl" Stone Temple Pilots 28 July 2000 1 "Top of the World" Rascalz featuring Barrington Levy & k-os 4 August 2000 2 "It's Gonna Be Me" *NSYNC 18 August 2000 1 "My Music at Work" The Tragically Hip 25 August 2000 2 "Strange Days" Matthew Good Band 8 September 2000 2 "Californication" Red Hot Chili Peppers 22 September 2000 1 "Lucky" Britney Spears 29 September 2000 1 "Doesn't Really Matter" Janet 6 October 2000 1 "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" Nelly 13 October 2000 2 "Bang Bang Boom" The Moffatts 27 October 2000 2 "The Way I Am" Eminem 10 November 2000 2 "Holler" Spice Girls 24 November 2000 1 "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" Snow 1 December 2000 1 "Beautiful Day" U2 8 December 2000 2 "Shape of My Heart" Backstreet Boys 22 December 2000 1 of 2 "Independent Women Part I" Destiny's Child 29 December 2000 No Chart
2001