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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Underworld Bound Go Away b/w Bound
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
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
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
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
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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