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
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
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
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
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)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)

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

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

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