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 Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stompin' Connors Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Stompin' Connors Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

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Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

South Nelson, Miramichi → Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - Moving Pictures

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Hemispheres

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Rush - Fly By Night

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

Zweibrücken, West Germany → Stoney Creek → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

London→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

Thunder Bay, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Diodes - Released

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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