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
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
The Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
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)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
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
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson

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Kilt - Kilt

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Plan Nine - I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

Calgary, Alberta

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Bolton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

Nelson, British Columbia → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Collingwood → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

Burlington, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Boys Brigade - ST

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Etobicoke, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

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Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

South Nelson, Miramichi → Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

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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