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
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
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
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

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

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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