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
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
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
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
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)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

SPOONS (8)

SPOONS (7)

SPOONS (6)

SPOONS (5)

SPOONS (4)

SPOONS (3)

SPOONS (2)

SPOONS (1)

Demics (23)

Demics (22)

Demics (21)

Demics (20)

Demics (19)

Demics (18)

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Demics (16)

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