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
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stompin' Connors Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
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)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
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
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
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)

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)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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