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
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
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
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
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)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
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