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
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
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)
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
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
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)

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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