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

Reaction

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)

Witness ad

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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
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)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Spencer, Eddie If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
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)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
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
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing

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