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
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
The Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
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)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

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

Freedom North

Freedom North

Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

bureaucrats 737

bureaucrats 730

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