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
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
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)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
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)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
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)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
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
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact

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