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
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)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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
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)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) 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
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
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
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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After the Institution b/w My Job

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