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

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
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
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)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine

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