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
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
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)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
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)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
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
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real

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