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
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
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
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl

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