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
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
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 Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs

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