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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
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)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
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)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
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
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
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

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