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
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
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)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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