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
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)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
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)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
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)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
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
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid

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