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 Pilot Glider
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Bruce Cockburn The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
The Fringe Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Roots Earth And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
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)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Patti Jannetta Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Jack Cornell Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
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
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Willie Thrasher Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Don Norman & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Etulu Etidlouie Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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)
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Robert Maciag You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Gale Garnett We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Tim Hus Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Mike Jones Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Terry McManus Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

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

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (5)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (3)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (2)

Rush - Permanent Waves (Dewey Defeats Truman, Coca Cola signs) (1)

Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (3)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1)

A Farewell to Kings

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