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
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Telfer, Jay Time Has Tied Me Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder.....Faster
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Basso, Guido Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Bed Time Story Feel the Sun Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
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
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part One) I'm Alright
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
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)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
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
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour 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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Hometown Band Flying Flying
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City

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