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
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
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)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
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)
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
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
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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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

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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

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