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
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
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)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white 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
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

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