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
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
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
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
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)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
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
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
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)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-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

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