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
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Hometown Band Flying Flying
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
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
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper

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