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
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
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
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
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)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
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
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
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)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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