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 Thomas Pilot Glider
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
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
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
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)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
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
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne

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)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

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