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
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)

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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

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