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

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)

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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
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
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
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
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
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
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)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays

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