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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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)
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
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)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
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)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright

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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

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