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
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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