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
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
The Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
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)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
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
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

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