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
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
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)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers

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