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

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
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey

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