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
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
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
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
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
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers

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