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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
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)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
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)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
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)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
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)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)

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