MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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
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)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
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)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
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
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne

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