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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
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)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
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
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
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)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
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)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors

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