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 Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
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
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
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
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
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
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train

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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

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

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

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