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
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
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)

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

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

The Deuce is Loose

Mama Let Him Play

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

SPOONS (8)

SPOONS (7)

SPOONS (6)

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