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
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
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)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
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
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
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
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
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)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
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)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud

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