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
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) 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
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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