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
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Stompin' Connors Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Stompin' Connors Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt

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

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

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