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
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
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
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
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)
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)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
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)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away

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