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

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
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper

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