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
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
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
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
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
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
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
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact

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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)

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45-Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us VINYL 02

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