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

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
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
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
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)

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