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
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Jenny Rock Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Lisa Lougheed Run With Us Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dick Damron Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
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
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
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
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Otis Gayle Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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

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

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