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
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
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)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
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
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider

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Underwhelmed (promo)

Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Lady - You're Still The One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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

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