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)

Witness ad

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
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
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)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
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
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper

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