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
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
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
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
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
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Copperpenny Get Away Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
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)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
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)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
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
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark

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