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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
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
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Eddie Spencer You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
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)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times

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

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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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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