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
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
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
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
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)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released

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