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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
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
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

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