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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
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
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
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)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
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)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel 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 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play

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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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