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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
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
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
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
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper

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