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
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
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)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
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
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)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
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)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
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
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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