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
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sue Hansen Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
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)
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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)
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
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
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
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)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt

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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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