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)

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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
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
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
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
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)
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
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)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
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)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson

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