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
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
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)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)

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