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
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
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)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
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
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl

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