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
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
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)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
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
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
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)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City

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