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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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)

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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
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
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)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright

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