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

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
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
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)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
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)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
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
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
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)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
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
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand

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