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
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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)
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
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)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
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
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)

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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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