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
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
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)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 01

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Reign Ghost

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Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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Reign Ghost

The Deuce is Loose

Mama Let Him Play

Teenage Head (8)

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