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
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Copperpenny Bad Manners 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)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
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)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

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)

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

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

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