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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)

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