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

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
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
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)
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
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
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
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
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
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
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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