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

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
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
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
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
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)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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