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
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
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)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
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
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
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
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)

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