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
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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