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
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
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
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
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)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

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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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