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
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
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
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
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
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
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)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
The Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Anne Murray I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

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After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

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