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
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
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)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Len Steal My Sunshine You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man

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

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

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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)

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Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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