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

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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
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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
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)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison 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)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
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
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
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
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

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