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
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
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
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
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)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One

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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

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