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

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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

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
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
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
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
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)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
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
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
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)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)

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