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)

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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
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Reign Ghost Parable Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
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)
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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)
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
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
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey Long Day Journey b/w Parable
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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