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 Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
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
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
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
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
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)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
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)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Flying

Huskies & Huskvarnas

Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Lisa Lougheed (3)

Lisa Lougheed (2)

Lisa Lougheed (1)

45-Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us VINYL 02

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

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