MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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 Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
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)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)

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