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
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Rush Limelight Moving Pictures
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Alanis Obomsawin Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
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)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Ian Thomas Painted Ladies ST
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ted Daigle No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bob Williams I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Dick Damron Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Rod Williams & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Stompin' Connors Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
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)
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Willie Thrasher Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Bernie LaBarge Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Stompin' Connors Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Willie Thrasher Spirit Child Spirit Child
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Marie Hodgins Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
France Joli Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Craig Farraway Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Debbie Myers Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Joni Mitchell You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Bernie LaBarge It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs

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

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)

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