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
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
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)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand

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