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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (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
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
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)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love

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