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

Reaction

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)

Witness ad

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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
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
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
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)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
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
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
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
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
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)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
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)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)

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