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
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
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
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
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
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!

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