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
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

The Deuce is Loose

Mama Let Him Play

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

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