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
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
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
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
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)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The 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)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child

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After the Institution b/w My Job

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