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
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall 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
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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