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
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
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
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
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)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
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)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)

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