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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
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)
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
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)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind

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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

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