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
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
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)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
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
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Stompin' Connors Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind

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)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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