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
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays

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