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
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
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
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
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
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
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)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
The Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Sugluk Little Boy 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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie LABEL 01

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie INSERT SIDE 01

Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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