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
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
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)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ron Baumber Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
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)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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

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

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