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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
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)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
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)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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