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
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Put The Blame On Me Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
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
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
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
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Jewitt, Don Turn Down the Roses Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)

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