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
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel

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