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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
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
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
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)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
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)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play

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