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
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
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
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
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)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
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)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain

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