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
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
The Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
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)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
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
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
The Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Len Steal My Sunshine You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

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