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

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
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Rush Closer to the Heart A Farewell to Kings
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
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

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