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
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
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)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
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)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times

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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

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