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
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Chilliwack Lonesome Mary Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
The Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
The Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Rabble You Come on Too Strong 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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
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)
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
The Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
The Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chilliwack Ridin' Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
The Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Anne-Marie Murray The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice

I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

45-Ron Nigrini I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road VINYL 02

Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

45-Susan Jacks - Anna Marie VINYL 02

The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

Immortals The Ultimate Warlord LABEL 02

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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)

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Tim Hus (5)

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