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
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
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)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
k.d. lang Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
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
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mary Saxton Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Don Norman & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Charlie Russell The Bricklin The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Willie Thrasher Silent Inuit Spirit Child
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
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Alden Diehl Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
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
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
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)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Clint Ryan It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)

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Underwhelmed (promo)

Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Lady - You're Still The One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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

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