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
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
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)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
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
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
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
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!

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