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
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
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)
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)

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