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
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
The Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
The Immortals Warlord (Part II) The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
The Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
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
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away

The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

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