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
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
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)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
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
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France

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