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
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (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)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
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
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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