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
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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)
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
The Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
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
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
The Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Len Steal My Sunshine You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

Freedom North

Freedom North

Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

Maurice & the Cliches

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