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

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
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
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
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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