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
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
The Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
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)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
The Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

45-Ron Nigrini I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road VINYL 02

Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

45-Susan Jacks - Anna Marie VINYL 02

The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

Immortals The Ultimate Warlord LABEL 02

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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