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
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
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)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
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)
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)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
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
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
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)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

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