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.

Captain Tractor - East of Edson

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Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

Arthur Scammel - Squid Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

Frankie

Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

Second and longest-lasting lineup, l-r: Ed Clynton, Dave Tupper, Kenny Shields, Allen Ayers and Les Bateman (kneeling)

Witness ad

The Fringe - Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown

Elan - Penticton Peaches (insert)

Joni Mitchell - Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)

Leonard Cohen - Suzanne b/w The Partisan

Pelicans - Pelicans b/w New Wave insert

Kings - Switchin' to Glide b/w My Habit (promo)

Rabble - You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl

k.d. lang - Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Guess Who - Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)

Bob Williams - I'm Alright (Part One) b/w I'm Alright (Part Two)

Rick Buckthorp

The Fringe

The Fringe

'Stompin' Tom Connors - Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail

MG & the Escorts 1967 promo from RPM Magazine November 11, 1967

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
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
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
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
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version

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