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
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
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)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
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)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
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)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)

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