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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
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)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
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)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
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
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) 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
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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