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)

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
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
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)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
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)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs

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