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
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
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)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
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
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)

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