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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Hometown Band Flying Flying
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
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)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
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)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
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)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

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