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
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
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
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
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)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
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)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
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
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse

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