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
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
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)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
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
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt

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