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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
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)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
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 On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
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
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (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
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
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
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)

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)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

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SPOONS (2)

SPOONS (1)

Demics (23)

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