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
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
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)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
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
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
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
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
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

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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

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