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.

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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

Hamilon, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Reaction, The - East End Rockers

St. John's, Newfoundland

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

Lucea, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

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Thomas, Ian - The Runner

Hamilton, Ontario

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

Loverboy - Get Lucky

Calgary, Alberta - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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St. Germain, Ray - ST

St. Vital, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Northern Pikes - Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Media - Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream

Calgary, Alberta

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A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Prism - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, Québec City, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Captain Tractor - East of Edson

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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)

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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 Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
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)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper

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