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
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
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)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
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)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
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)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
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)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie

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