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
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Joli, France Come to Me Come to Me // Let Go
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
L'infonie I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Oster, Al Next Boat Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
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)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
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)
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs

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