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
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
The Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
D.O.A. Royal Police 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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
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
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (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
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
The Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
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
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs

The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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'

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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

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