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)

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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
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
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
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
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
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
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
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
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
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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