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
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
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
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
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)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
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)

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