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
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
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)
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

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