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
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
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
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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)
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
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)

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