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
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb

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Underwhelmed (promo)

Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Lady - You're Still The One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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

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