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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
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
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
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
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
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)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (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)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video

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