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
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
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
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper

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