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

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (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
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
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)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

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