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

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
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
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)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love

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