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
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
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)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
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
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
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
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
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)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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