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.

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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

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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

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'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
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)

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