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
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
lang, k.d. Rose Garden 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)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
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)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
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
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
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
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
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
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
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)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

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