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

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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
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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