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

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
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
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
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
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
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
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)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
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)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
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
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Kilt Last Call Kilt
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
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)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
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)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby

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