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)

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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
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
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
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
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
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
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
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper

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