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

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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
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)
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
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)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks

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