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
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
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
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
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)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
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)
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Hometown Band Flying Flying
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)

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