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
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
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
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
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
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
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)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
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)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell

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