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

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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
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
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
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)

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