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)

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

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
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
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)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
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)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
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
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

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