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
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age 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)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash

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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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