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
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
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
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
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)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
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
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt

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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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