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
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
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
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
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)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
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
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way

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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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