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
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market

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