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
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
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
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

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Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

Freedom North

Freedom North

Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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