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
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
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)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
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
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
The Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
The Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
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)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
The Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

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