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
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
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
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
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
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.

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