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
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
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)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
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
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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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