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
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
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)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
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
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
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
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
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)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You

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