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

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
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
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)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Hometown Band Flying Flying
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young

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