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

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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

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
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
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
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)

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