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
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
The Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (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 (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

Freedom North

Freedom North

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

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

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Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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