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
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
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)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
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)
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs

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Teenage Head (5)

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After the Institution b/w My Job

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