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

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
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
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)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
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
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
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
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (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
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey

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