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

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
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white 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.
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
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)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
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
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way

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