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
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
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)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt

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