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

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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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
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
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
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)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
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
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
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
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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)

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