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
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
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)
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go

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