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

Reaction

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)

Witness ad

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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
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)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
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)
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (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)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
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)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue

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