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

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)

Witness ad

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
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Underworld Bound Go Away b/w Bound
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
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
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way

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