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
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley 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)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
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)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Maurice & The Clichés It's All Talk C'est la vie
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
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
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
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Joni Mitchell Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
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)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees Hemispheres
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sue Hansen Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
The Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Stompin' Tom Connors Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bruce Cockburn Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
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)

1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

C'est la vie

Maurice & the Cliches

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Maurice & The Cliches - Cest la vie BACK

Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

The Bureaucrats / Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man VINYL 02

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45-Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Streudel Man BACK

Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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