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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Norman, Don & the Other Four Mustang Sally Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Élan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
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)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

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