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
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)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
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 Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Hometown Band Flying Flying
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)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
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)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

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