TORONTO — Neil Young's "Helpless" has been named the Great Canadian Tune after an online poll conducted by Toronto arts festival Luminato.

"Helpless" topped nine other Canadian guitar-driven tracks, with 3,701 votes from a total of 19,217.

Now, Luminato organizers are inviting the public to perform the song in unison at the city's Yonge-Dundas Square.

The goal is to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest guitar ensemble, currently held by a town in Germany that saw 1,802 guitarists assemble to perform Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" in 2007.

The effort will take place on June 6 at 4 p.m. ET, with registration beginning two hours earlier.