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
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
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)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
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)
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
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Stompin' Connors Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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

That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Moving Pictures

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

First Impressions (EP)

Genetic Control

1985-02-17_Dead End + Genetic Control_Larry_s (Toronto)_ticket_+

Genetic Control_First Impressions_+

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Rush – Moving Pictures (3)

Rush – Moving Pictures (2)

Rush – Moving Pictures (1)

Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

Paula Turnhbull - Rush fromt cover model

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

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