MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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

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

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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
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)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Rush Freewill Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Rush The Spirit of Radio Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Élan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Dundas Bloodshot in Your Eyes Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man

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