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
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
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
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
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)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)

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