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
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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