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
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
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)
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (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
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House

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)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

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