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

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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
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
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)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (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
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Rush Fly by Night Fly By Night
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rush Tom Sawyer Moving Pictures
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)

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