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) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

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