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
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Yvonne Moore Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
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)
Alanis Obomsawin Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love
Monique Leyrac L'hiver Mon pays
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
The Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Willie Dunn I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ray St. Germain Metis ST
Joni Mitchell Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Ron Baumber Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ian Thomas Long Long Way Long Long Way
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Forefathers Spirit Child
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Mike Woods Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Ian Thomas The Runner The Runner
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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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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