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

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
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
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
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
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)

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