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
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
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
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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
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)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds

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