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

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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)

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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
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
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)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
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)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)

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