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
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Guess Who Clock On The Wall 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)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Chilliwack Ridin' Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
The Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
The Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
The Immortals Warlord (Part II) The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak

I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

45-Ron Nigrini I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road VINYL 02

Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

45-Susan Jacks - Anna Marie VINYL 02

The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

Immortals The Ultimate Warlord LABEL 02

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

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Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

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