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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
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)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
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
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
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)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

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