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

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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
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
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)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
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)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)

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