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
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
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)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!

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

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

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