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

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)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
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)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs

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