MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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
Monique Leyrac Pendant que Mon pays
Anne Murray Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Alan Gerber Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bruce Cockburn If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ronnie Hawkins Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
k.d. lang Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
The Reaction Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
George Olliver I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Wade Hemsworth The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Etulu Etidlouie Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jay Telfer Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Etulu Etidlouie Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Stompin' Connors Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Bernie LaBarge Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Anne Murray Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Etulu Etidlouie Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ian Thomas Pilot Glider
Bonnie Dobson Morning Dew ST
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Alanis Obomsawin Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Don Jewitt Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Otis Gayle We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Craig Farraway After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Jay Telfer Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Stompin' Connors Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Eddie Spencer If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jerry Doucette Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
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
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Ian Thomas Time is the Keeper Glider
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Jim Ashby Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Ian Thomas Hold On The Runner
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
k.d. lang High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Clint Ryan Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne

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