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
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
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
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
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)
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

SPOONS (8)

SPOONS (7)

SPOONS (6)

SPOONS (5)

SPOONS (4)

SPOONS (3)

SPOONS (2)

SPOONS (1)

Demics (23)

Demics (22)

Demics (21)

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