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

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
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
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)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child

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