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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
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)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
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
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.

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