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
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
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
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
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)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)

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