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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
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 Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse

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