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

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Tracks

Artist Track Title
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)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Doucette, Jerry Mama Let Him Play Mama Let Him Play
Munks Heartaches Over My Head Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
222's La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
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
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (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
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
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)
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

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