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
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
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)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
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)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
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
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
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)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You

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

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)

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