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
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
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
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
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
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
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)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
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
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
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)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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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

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