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
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
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)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
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
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
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)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) 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)

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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