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
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
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)
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
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
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
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)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Stompin' Connors Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)

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)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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