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
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
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
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
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
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt

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