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
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
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)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

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Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

The Deuce is Loose

Mama Let Him Play

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

SPOONS (8)

SPOONS (7)

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