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

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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
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Crystal Castles Dolls 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)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
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)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell

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