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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
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)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
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
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
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)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Kilt Last Call Kilt

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