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
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
Kilt Last Call Kilt
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
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)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Diodes Tired of Waking Up Tired Released
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
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)
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner

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