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

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
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
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)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
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)

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