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
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the 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
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
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)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
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
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
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
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
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
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)

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