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
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
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)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
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
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.

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