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
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Kilt Last Call Kilt
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
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
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt 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

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