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 Fuck You The Stiffs
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
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
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
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)
Guess Who One Day 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)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
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)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
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)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God

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