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
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) 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)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
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
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)

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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

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

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

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