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
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
France Joli Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Alanis Obomsawin Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Al Oster Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
France Joli Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Monique Leyrac Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
The Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
The Reaction Trials In Error East End Rockers
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Pierre Perpall World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Leonard Cohen The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alanis Obomsawin NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
The Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Shawne Jackson Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Les Tallmud Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Jerry Doucette Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Charlie Russell The Bricklin II The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Jerry Doucette Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Lisa Lougheed Hold Back Tomorrow Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey

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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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