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
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
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)
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)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
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)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Motherlode When I Die When I Die

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