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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
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
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

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