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

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
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
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
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (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
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
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
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
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)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

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