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
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (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.
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
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)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper

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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

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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