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
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
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)

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