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
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed

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

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 02

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 01

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 02

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 01

Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

bureaucrats 737

bureaucrats 730

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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)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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