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

Reaction

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)

Witness ad

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
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne

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