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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Mike Woods Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
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)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (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
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Bruce Cockburn Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away

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After the Institution b/w My Job

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