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
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
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
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
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)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real

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