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
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
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
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
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
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (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
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
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)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose

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

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

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