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.

FEATURED

Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

Hamilon, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reaction, The - East End Rockers

St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

Montego Bay, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

Lucea, Jamaica → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Thomas, Ian - The Runner

Hamilton, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

Loverboy - Get Lucky

Calgary, Alberta - Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

St. Germain, Ray - ST

St. Vital, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Prism - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, Québec City, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Captain Tractor - East of Edson

Reaction

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)

Witness ad

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
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
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)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
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
49th Parallel She Says 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)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud

Comments

No Comments