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

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)

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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
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies

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