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
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
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)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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