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
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Tiaras Foolish Girl Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Toulouse What Would My Mama Say What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
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)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Obomsawin, Alanis Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens) Indian Songs
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
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)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
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)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
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)
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
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)

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