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
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (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)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
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
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
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
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom

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

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)

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