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.

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hamilon, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reaction, The - East End Rockers

St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Lucea, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

Thomas, Ian - The Runner

Hamilton, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

Loverboy - Get Lucky

Calgary, Alberta - Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

St. Germain, Ray - ST

St. Vital, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Prism - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party

Comments

No Comments