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
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Len Steal My Sunshine You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
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
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
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)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Collingwood → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

Burlington, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Boys Brigade - ST

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

Nelson, British Columbia → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Etobicoke, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

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Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

South Nelson, Miramichi → Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - Moving Pictures

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Hemispheres

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Fly By Night

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

Zweibrücken, West Germany → Stoney Creek → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 02

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 01

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 02

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 01

Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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