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

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
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
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
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
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
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders

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