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
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
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)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
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)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

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