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

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
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
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
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
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)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)

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