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
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour 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
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
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)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
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
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.

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

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

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