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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
The Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
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)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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 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)
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind

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

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 01

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 01

Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

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)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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