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
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
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)
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
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
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
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
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child

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