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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (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)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Élan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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)
April Wine Say Hello Harder.....Faster
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
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)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
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
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
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
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
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)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up

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