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 Time is the Keeper Glider
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Ronnie Hawkins Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Anne Murray Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
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)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
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
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Marie Hodgins Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
France Joli Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
The Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying

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The Hockey Theme

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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

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