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)

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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
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)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
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
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST

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