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
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
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)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
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)
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

SPOONS (13)

SPOONS (12)

SPOONS (10)

SPOONS (9)

SPOONS (8)

SPOONS (7)

SPOONS (6)

SPOONS (5)

SPOONS (4)

SPOONS (3)

SPOONS (2)

SPOONS (1)

Demics (23)

Demics (22)

Demics (21)

Demics (20)

Demics (19)

Demics (18)

Demics (17)

Demics (16)

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