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
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
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)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
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
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs

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