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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
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
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
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)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
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
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go

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