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
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
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
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
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)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)

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