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
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
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)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) 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
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs

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Underwhelmed (promo)

Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Lady - You're Still The One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Flying

Huskies & Huskvarnas

Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Lisa Lougheed (3)

Lisa Lougheed (2)

Lisa Lougheed (1)

45-Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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