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
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
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
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
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
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour 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
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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