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
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
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
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)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Boys Brigade The Passion of Love ST
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jack Cornell Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
The Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
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)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
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
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

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Teenage Head (1)

After the Institution b/w My Job

SPOONS (14)

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