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
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
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)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
The Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
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)
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie

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)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

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Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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