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
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
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
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)

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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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