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
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
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)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
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)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
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)
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies

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