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
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
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)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid

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