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
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
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
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
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
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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