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
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
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)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand

Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & the Cliches

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Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

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