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
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
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
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
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
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)

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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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