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
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
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
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
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
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stompin' Connors Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Stompin' Connors Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
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)
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)

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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