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

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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

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
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
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)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
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
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (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
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster

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