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
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
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
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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