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
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)

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