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
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
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)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
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
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
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)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train

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