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
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
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
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt

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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

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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