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
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
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)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
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
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)

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