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
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401

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Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Hockey Theme

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