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
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
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)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
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)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
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)
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)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Teenage Head (8)

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After the Institution b/w My Job

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