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
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
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
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Etidlouie, Etulu Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Jewitt, Don Northern Wind Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses
Ms. Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Spoons My Job After the Institution b/w My Job
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Ocean Put Your Hand In The Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
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)
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let's Get Together Let Them In
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
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
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Triton Warrior Sealed In a Grave Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
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)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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)
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

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