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

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
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Gerber, Alan Tied On Tied On b/w Tied On
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
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
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
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)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
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)
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
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)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson

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