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
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
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)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
The Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

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Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

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Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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