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)

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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
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
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)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel

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