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
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
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
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
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)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling

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