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
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market

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