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

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

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
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
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
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (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)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
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
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
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)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom

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