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)

Witness ad

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
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
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
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice

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