All Episodes

En Vogue: "Free Your Mind" (Um-Dahs and Cowbells)

Journey: "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"

Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson: "Beauty and the Beast" (with Tabitha VandenEnden)

Chesney Hawkes: "The One and Only" (For Lara)

Cutting Crew: "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight" (with Dave Kitchen)

Parachute Club: "Rise Up" (Share your power)

Chicago: "Look Away" (Thumbs Up!)

Kenny Rogers: "The Gambler" (Don Schlitz cracks an eggs of knowledge on our heads)

Kim Carnes: "Betty Davis Eyes" (not the boogie-woogie version)Links

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes: "Up Where We Belong" (Honey & Vinegar)

Whitesnake: "Here I Go Again" (Fancy Tough Guy Music)

The Traveling Wilburys: "Handle With Care" (In memory of Frank's computer screen)

Yvonne Keeley & Scott Fitzgerald & James Cromwell: "If I Had Words" (from "Babe")

Lionel Richie: "Hello" (He starts with "I Love You")

Calloway: "I Wanna Be Rich" (and have just a little love, peace and happiness)

David Foster: "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" (from a Ski Movie Villain)

Joe Jackson: "Steppin' Out" (with Dave Kitchen)

Lou Bega: "Mambo No. 5" (Hi Monica!)

Thompson Twins: "Hold Me Now" (Adventures in Babysitting with The Julies)

Was (Not Was): Walk the Dinosaur (Boom Boom Acka Lacka Lacka Boom)

Simply Red: Holding Back the Years (Holding ONNNNN)

Dan Hill: "Sometimes When We Touch" (Hold the last note without crying, Frank!)

Mr. Mister: "Broken Wings" (You got to release the one you love)

Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair: "Opposites Attract" (feat. MC Skat Kat)

Len: "Steal My Sunshine" (with Nathan Holmes)

Seal: "Crazy" (The only way to survive)

Mike + The Mechanics: "All I Need Is A Miracle" (Tinder and the Genesisverse)

The Outfield: "Your Love" (Sung in Stingsetto)

The Pogues: "Fairytale Of New York" (with Dave Kitchen)

The Cranberries: "Zombie" (with Dee and Jeff from "So Much Crime, So Little Time")

Elvis Presley: "Burning Love" (with a hunk of Hawaii on the side)

Miley Cyrus: "The Climb" (Hope Month Ep 5)

Aretha Franklin and George Michael: "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (Hope Month Ep 4)

The O'Jays: "Love Train" (Hope Month Ep 3)

Linda Ronstadt and James Ingraam: "Somewhere Out There" (Hope Ep #2 with Tabitha VandenEnden)

Styx: "Show Me The Way" (Hope Month Ep #1)

Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Howard Jones: "No One Is To Blame" (Phil, Fidelity and Draculas)

Crowded House: "Don't Dream It's Over" (with Dave Kitchen)

Cher: "If I Could Turn Back Time" (Bagels And Whale Calls)

Mariah Carey: "Hero" (Hate Month Ep #4)

Nickelback: "Far Away" (Hate Month Ep #3)

Toni Braxton: "Un-Break My Heart" (Hate Month Ep #2)

Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris" (Hate Month Ep #1)

Eddie Money: "Take Me Home Tonight" (Ronnie Spector gets her due)

Tina Turner: "The Best" (Happy Birthday, Frank!)

Montell Jordan: "This Is How We Do It" (Conviviality and the Phrygian Mode with Mike V)

Kim Wilde: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (throw that guy down the catwalk!)

Toto: "Africa" (with Kim Desing-McCardle)

Phil Collins: "Sussudio" (For Peter, who is a real person)

Kelly Clarkson: "Since U Been Gone" (I'm SO moving on!)

Robbie Nevil: "C'est La Vie" (That's right!)

Peabo Bryson: "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" (Bill reminisces and Frank croons)

Tom Cochrane: "Life Is a Highway" (Happy Canada Day)

Meryn Cadell: "The Sweater" (Wear Lip Gloss)

Belinda Carlisle: "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" (For Heather)

Erasure: "A Little Respect" (A Morning Episode)

In Memoriam: Our friend Kahlin Homes on Sugar Ray's "Fly"

Pat Benatar: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (catch the zeitgeist)

Neil Diamond: "Sweet Caroline" (with Dan Ducroix and the Flugelhorn)

The Stampeders: "Sweet City Woman" (Pour Mon Ami)

Roy Orbinson: "You Got It" (A voice out of time)

The Whispers: "Rock Steady" (with a side of Sun Chips)

The Cure: "Friday I'm In Love" (Kitch's 20th!)

Taylor Dayne: "Love Will Lead You Back" (Maximum Dayne)

Glenn Medeiros: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"

Barry White: "You're My First, My Last, My Everything"

Culture Club: "Karma Chameleon" (Watch out for those lobsters)

Suzanne Vega & DNA: "Tom's Diner

Real Life: "Send Me An Angel"

The Human League: "Human" (Guilty or Guilt-Free?)

Scandal feat. Patty Smyth: "The Warrior" (Bang Bang)

Faith Hill: "This Kiss" (Ahhhhh)

Alias: More Than Words Can Say (I Need You Now)

Sheriff: "When I'm With You" (The ultimate Valentine’s gift))

Michael McDonald: "Sweet Freedom" (A special listener request)

Poison: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (Well, not every rose...)

Shannon: "Let The Music Play"

Billy Joel: "Uptown Girl" (A song for us downtown guys)

Anne Murray: "Snowbird" (with Rich Terfry / Buck 65)

Spice Girls: "Stop" (We all get guilt-free)

Depressmas: Greg Lake ("I Believe in Father Christmas"), Meryn Cadell ("The Cat Carol"), and Hey Rosetta! ("Carry Me Home")

Mariah Carey: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (An irresistible holiday classic)

Jeffrey Osborne: "On The Wings Of Love" (Brought to you by the letter "E")

Loverboy: “Working For The Weekend” (Fishing for Orcas)

Cameo: "Word Up" (Word to Big Bird!)

Northern Lights: Tears Are Not Enough (The 1985 Canadian Charity Single)

REO Speedwagon: "Can't Fight This Feeling" (St. Bernards will break your heart)

Johnny Gill: "Rub You The Right Way" (A song for the registered massage therapists)

Daryl Hall & John Oates: "Maneater" (Drip drip drip)

America: "You Can Do Magic" (We know darn well)

Danny Wilson: "Mary's Prayer" (Ashley's Prayer)

Tommy Tutone: "867-5309 / Jenny" (Bathroom Dreams)

Looking Glass: "Brandy" (We don't like this sailor man)

Taco: "Puttin' On The Ritz" (The Scariest Song We've Ever Featured!)

Genesis: "Invisible Touch" (A Reckoning with Phil Collins)

Lisa Stansfield: "All Around The World"

King Harvest: "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Life Wishes, Werewolves, and Toilet Brushes)

Martika: "Toy Soldiers" (Won't you come out and play with me?)

Christopher Cross: "Ride Like The Wind" (Tents and Fleeing Flamingos)

The Presidents of the United States: "Peaches" (Tender Fruit and Politics)

Steve Perry: "Oh Sherrie" (YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN GONE!!!!)

The Jets: "You Got It All" (Lullaby for Elijah)

Cathy Dennis: "Too Many Walls" (A Bonkers Great Songwriter)

Snow: "Informer" (Boss Level Lyrical Analysis)

Breathe: "Hands To Heaven" (and "Brian Boitano: Canvas of Ice")

Barry Manilow: "Copacabana (At the Copa)" (Have a banana)

Mark Morrison: "Return of the Mack" (Imposter Syndrome?)

Spandau Ballet: "True"

The Beach Boys: "Kokomo" (Life's Too Short for a Bad Cocktail)

Moving Pictures: "What About Me?" (The Cry of the Proletariat)

Pebbles: "Girlfriend" (We won't treat you so bad)

The Proclaimers: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

Will To Power: "Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley (Free Baby)"

The Guess Who: "These Eyes" (For Frank Pearson Sr)

Asia: "Heat of the Moment"

Neil Sedaka:"Laughter In The Rain" (A triumphant comeback story)

Bonnie Raitt: "Something To Talk About" (Flowers for Shirley Eikhard)

Bonnie Tyler: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (The apotheosis of Jim Steinman)

Starship: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (Bill & Frank Go To The Movies: Mannequin)

Peter Cetera: "Glory of Love" (Bill & Frank Go To The Movies - The Karate Kid Part 2 / Rocky IV)

Joe "Bean" Esposito: "You're The Best" (Bill & Frank Go To The Movies: The Karate Rock Universe - The Karate Kid / Rocky III)

Jon Bon Jovi: "Blaze of Glory" (Bill & Frank & Kate Go To The Movies: Young Guns II)

Ryan Gosling: "I'm Just Ken" (Bill & Frank Go To The Movies: Barbie)

The Cars: "Drive" (with Derek Veenhof)

Deee-Lite: "Groove Is In The Heart" (Succotash Wishes)

Sixpence None The Richer: "Kiss Me" (Smoochy Witches)

George Harrison: "Got My Mind Set On You"

Kool & The Gang: "Cherish" (Seagulls and Mermaids stay in the moment)

Haddaway: "What Is Love" (We finally enter the world of dance music)

Sade: ”Smooth Operator” (not the telephone kind)

Everytime You Go Away (Frank is in pieces)

Sugar Ray: ”Fly” (with KAHLIN Holmes)

Bill and Frank’s Christmas Mixtape (and ”Our Favourite Christmas Movie”)

Boney M: ”Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord” (Christmas episode!)

ABC: ”When Smokey Sings” (We don’t hear violence)

Deep Blue Something: ”Breakfast At Tiffany’s” (A disagreement episode)

Def Leppard: ”Photograph” (with Chris Newkirk and Alex Yost of The Julies)

Guns N’ Roses: ”November Rain”

Janet Jackson: ”Escapade” (Minneapolis... Let’s Go!

England Dan and John Ford Coley: ”I’d Really Love To See You Tonight” (They’re not talking about the linen)

Rockwell: ”Somebody’s Watching Me” (Financial Malfeasance and Not Enjoying Tea)

Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: ”(I’ve Had )The Time of My Life” (with Mike Balsom - Confessions of a Wedding DJ)

Johnny Rivers: ”Swayin’ to the Music (Slow Dancing)”

John Farnham: ”You’re The Voice” (Australia’s Unofficial National Anthem)

The Moody Blues: ”Your Wildest Dreams” (Proceed with caution!)

Cheap Trick: ”The Flame” (Pure Torcher)

The Cardigans: ”Lovefool” (Blueberries at the Movies)

Sheena Easton: ”Morning Train (Nine to Five / 9 to 5)”

Dolly Parton: ”9 to 5” (A song for us folks)

Player: ”Baby Come Back” (Yacht Rock meets Ridge Forrester)

Nelson: ”(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection”

Rick Astley: ”Cry For Help” (Regulate yourself!)

DeBarge: ”Rhythm Of The Night” (Peak Mullet)

Stevie B: ”Because I Love You (The Postman Song)”

Chicago: ”You’re The Inspiration” (The ultimate first wedding dance)

Fine Young Cannibals: ”She Drives Me Crazy”

John Parr: ”St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” [The Rick Hansen Theme Song]

Cyndi Lauper: ”Time After Time” (Porcelain Dogs and Time Machines)

Swing Out Sister: ”Breakout” (Sophisti-pop!)

John Waite: ”Missing You” (Listen to your friends)

38 Special: ”Second Chance” (Rationalizing and Minimizing in the Pouring Rain)

Mr. Big: ”To Be With You” (Our 100th episode!)

Vanessa Carlton: ”A Thousand Miles” (A ubiquitous pop song)

Night Ranger: ”Sister Christian” (MOTORING!)

Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch: ”Good Vibrations” (Good as Sunkist)

Dan Hartman: ”I Can Dream About You” (Put up a statue in his honour!)

Eric Carmen: ”Make Me Lose Control” (An Impenetrable Haircut)

Chris de Burgh: ”The Lady in Red” (For Oma)

Timmy T: ”One More Try” (A freestyle success story)

Mr. Mister: ”Kyrie” (Carry A Laser)

Milli Vanilli: ”Girl You Know It’s True” (They got a raw deal)

Kenny Loggins: ”Footloose” (The culmination of our 1984 Oscar episodes)

James Taylor: ”Your Smiling Face” (Bass Forward, Opossum Positive)

10cc: ”I’m Not In Love” (I didn’t want to watch Star Wars anyway!)

Air Supply: ”Making Love Out of Nothing At All” (Jim Steinman is exhausting)

Scorpions: ”Wind of Change” (Apollo did not die in vain)

Bryan Adams: ”Heaven” (From dance clubs to country roads to church camps)

Mariah Carey: ”Vision of Love” (The Magna Carta of Melisma)

Dionne Warwick & Friends: ”That’s What Friends Are For”

Foreigner: ”I Want To Know What Love Is” (Gospel Choir for Hire)

Hootie & The Blowfish: ”Hold My Hand” (A Redemption Episode)

Gino Vannelli: ”Wild Horses” (It’s Gino Time at GFP!)

Rod Stewart: ”Downtown Train” (with Rich Terfry)

Fleetwood Mac: ”Everywhere” (A Bullet-Proof Pop Song)

”Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town”: Jackson 5 vs. Springsteen (Another impossible decision)

Band Aid: ”Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (Open-Hearted Earnestness)

Phil Collins: ”Against All Odds” (A Breakupable Face)

Third Eye Blind: ”Semi-Charmed Life” (Pleasure or Pain?)

Roxette: ”Must Have Been Love” (Depressmas)

Matthew Wilder: ”Break My Stride” (A success story)

Jewel: ”You Were Meant For Me” (Frank feels all of the feels)

Celine Dion: ”It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” (Song of the Millenium)

Ray Parker Jr: ”Ghostbusters” (Bustin’ makes us feel good)

The Michael Bolton Paradox: ”Said I Loved You...But I Lied”

Juice Newton: ”Queen of Hearts” (Clickety Clack)

Wet Wet Wet: “Love Is All Around” (C’mon and let it show)

Bobby Brown: ”Every Little Step” (Sans Sophomore Slump)

Roch Voisine: ”I’ll Always Be There” (The Ultimate Canadian Man)

Spin Doctors: ”Two Princes” (Just Go Ahead Now)

Al B. Sure! ”Nite And Day” (It Makes Intimate Sense)

Harry Styles: ”As It Was” (Late Night Sushi at Harry’s House)

Deniece Williams: ”Let’s Hear It For The Boy” (Frank’s Theme)

Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine: ”Bad Boy” (Prudhommes Landing Music)

Corey Hart: ”Sunglasses At Night“ (Abandoned Factory Music)

Bananarama: ”Cruel Summer” (For Yvonne and the Summer of Jay)

Glass Tiger: ”Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”

Billy Ocean: Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car (A quintessential GFP)

Toad The Wet Sprocket: ”Walk On the Ocean” (Frank Goes Full Fanboy)

Hanson: ”MMMBop” (The Original Kid Rock)

Gowan: ”Moonlight Desires” (Classic 80s Canadiana)

Wilson Phillips: ”Hold On” (Strut Down That Boardwalk With Confidence!)

New Kids On The Block: ”Cover Girl” (Our 50th Episode!)

Laura Branigan: ”Gloria” (The Gloria of all Glorias)

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers: ”Islands In The Stream” (Analyzed with a Fine Tooth Comb)

Berlin: ”Take My Breath Away” (Love Theme from Top Gun) - [Synth Forward, Tongue Forward]

The Heights: ”How Do You Talk To An Angel” (ProTip: Use Cue Cards)

Leo Sayer: ”You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (A Roller Rink Song)

The Jeff Healey Band: ”Angel Eyes” (Don’t Look A Gift Universe In The Mouth)

Van Halen: ”Why Can’t This Be Love” (We love Van Hagar)

Out Of Office Message 2 (with apologies to George Costanza)

Out Of Office Message (Frank won’t make Bill become a Marty Jannetty)

The B-52’s:”Roam” (Mark Twain and Wine Moms)

Atlantic Starr: ”Always” (This Out-hallmarks Hallmark)

Chris Isaak: ”Wicked Game” (Nobody loves no one)

Marc Cohn: ”Walking in Memphis” (We got a prayer in Memphis)

Stevie Wonder: ”I Just Called To Say I Love You” (You’re wrong, Jack Black!)

Charles & Eddie: ”Would I Lie To You?” (No Good Dirty Doctor!)

Bad English: ”When I See You Smile” (Frank’s First Dance)

Heart: ”These Dreams” (Werewolves in the Mist)

Take That: ”Back For Good” (Lipstick marks on coffee cups)

Starship: ”We Built This City” (Best of the Worst or Worst of the Best?)

Philip Bailey & Phil Collins: ”Easy Lover” (A Banger of Bangers)

Enya: ”Orinoco Flow” (Spa Rock featuring The Ross Dependencies)

Go West: ”King of Wishful Thinking” (Sometime you’ve got to fool yourself)

”She’s Like The Wind” Revisited: Interview with Co-Writer Stacy Widelitz

Amy Grant: ”Baby Baby” (It’s actually about a baby!)

Paul McCartney: ”Wonderful Christmastime” (Christmas joy covers a multitude of synths)

Wham! : ”Last Christmas” (George Michael should have just gone skiing)

Jennifer Paige: ”Crush” (Dedicated to those crushing and those being crushed)

Patrick Swayze: ”She‘s Like The Wind” (This one‘s for you, Marianne!)

Rickroll with it, baby (Rick Astley Appreciation Day)

Seal: ”Kiss From A Rose” (A cinematic spectacular!)

Andy Kim: ”Rock Me Gently” (This is not a lullaby)

Carly Rae Jepsen: ”Call Me Maybe” (The patron saint of waiting for a boy to call)

Meat Loaf: ”I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won‘t Do That)”

BONUS EPISODE: Hiatus (but not for long!)

Lionel Richie: ”Stuck On You” (This is so good!)

Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, and Alphaville: ”Forever Young” (Triple Threat Match)

Gregory Abbott: ”Shake You Down” (The steely intensity of a Siberian Husky from a Jack London novel)

Color Me Badd: ”All 4 Love” (Waves of Nostalgia / Riptide of Regret)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: ”Summertime” (Dislike this at your peril)

Shanice: ”I Love Your Smile” (Who doesn‘t love kittens?)

Boy Meets Girl’s ”Waiting For A Star To Fall” (True Love Waits For A Star To Fall)

Bryan Adams: ”(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” (Kevin Costner Depreciation Day)

Richard Marx: ”Endless Summer Nights” (A ‘Hallmark After Dark‘ Winter Song)

Boyz II Men: ”Motownphilly” (Back Again)

Peter Cetera and Amy Grant: ”The Next Time I Fall” (The Grant-Cetera Paradox)

Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville: Duelling Duets (An Impossible Decision)

The Michael Bolton Solution

”Never Surrender” (Corey Hart Appreciation Day)

Jon Secada’s ”Just Another Day” (A Supermarket Song)