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
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
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)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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