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==