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
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
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)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash

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