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
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
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)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
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
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

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