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
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
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)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain

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