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
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
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)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST

ST

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Boys Brigade

Hey!

The Hockey Theme

508473725_1262374668579847_9008136672589782622_n

473615179_1152950959522219_5770073807589838631_n

471603443_1142369893913659_3639838859546789727_n

sloanbyjanniemcinnes96

sloan-early2

Sloan-sign

sloan-early

sloan-late90s

sloan-1992

Sloansitting4

Sloan-fisheye

sloan-feature

sloan-12

2022-12-29-sloan-crop

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

Comments

No Comments