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

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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
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
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
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)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
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)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
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)
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
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)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Bed Time Story Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes

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