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
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
L'infonie Come & Dance The OK LA! Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One

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