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

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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

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

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
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
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
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
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 Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
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
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold

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