MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

This playlist is a curated journey through Canada's most significant and influential singles, as selected by Robert Williston for the Museum of Canadian Music. Spanning genres, decades, and regions, it showcases the diversity and richness of Canadian music history.

From iconic tracks like Stompin' Tom Connors' "The Hockey Song" to rare gems such as The Media's "Girl I Want You," this collection highlights both celebrated hits and obscure treasures. Each entry reflects a piece of Canada's musical tapestry, offering listeners a comprehensive overview of the nation's sonic heritage.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall

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Underwhelmed (promo)

Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Lady - You're Still The One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Flying

Huskies & Huskvarnas

Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Lisa Lougheed (3)

Lisa Lougheed (2)

Lisa Lougheed (1)

45-Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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