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

Reaction

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

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

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

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

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
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
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

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