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
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
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
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
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)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt

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