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
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
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)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
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
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
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)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) 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
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
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
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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