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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
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)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
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
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

The Deuce is Loose

Mama Let Him Play

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)

Demics (20)

Demics (19)

Demics (18)

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