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
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hometown Band Flying Flying
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Stompin' Connors Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
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)
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
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
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
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
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

South Nelson, Miramichi → Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - Moving Pictures

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Hemispheres

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Fly By Night

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

Zweibrücken, West Germany → Stoney Creek → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

London→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

Thunder Bay, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Diodes - Released

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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