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

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
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
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
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (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)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
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)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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 Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
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)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)

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