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
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
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
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
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)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding

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