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 A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
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)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
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
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
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 Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne

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