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
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
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)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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