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
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
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)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
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)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
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
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
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)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
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
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby

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The Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

Nelson, British Columbia → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Etobicoke, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

South Nelson, Miramichi → Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - Moving Pictures

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

Willowdale, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

Zweibrücken, West Germany → Stoney Creek → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

London→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

April Wine - Harder.....Faster

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

Thunder Bay, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Diodes - Released

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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

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

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