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
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
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)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
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
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes

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