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
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stompin' Tom Connors I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Don Jewitt Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Patti Jannetta Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
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
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Bernie LaBarge Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
The Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
The Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Leonard Cohen Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bruce Cockburn Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Etulu Etidlouie Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
The Hometown Band Flying Flying
Mary Saxton Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
The Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Monique Leyrac Mon pays Mon pays
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
The Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Les Tallmud Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Joni Mitchell Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
The Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Alanis Obomsawin Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
George Olliver Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Bruce Cockburn Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jean Leloup L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Ian & Sylvia Tyson Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mary Saxton Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
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)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Chilliwack Ridin' Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse

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Mary Saxton - Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Mary Saxton - Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kilt - Kilt

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Plan Nine - I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

Calgary, Alberta

FEATURED

222's - La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Bolton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

Nelson, British Columbia → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Collingwood → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

Montréal, Québec → Hamilton → Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver → Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

Burlington, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - ST

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Gruesomes - Hey!

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

Etobicoke, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

Kilt

Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

45-Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary VINYL 02

Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Deeper and Deeper

I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

Tim Hus (2)

Tim Hus (1)

Tim Hus (7)

Tim Hus (6)

Tim Hus (5)

Tim Hus (4)

Huskies & Huskvarnas

The Munks

The Munks

The Munks

Freedom North

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