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
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster

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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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