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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In

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