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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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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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hometown Band - Flying

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Trooper - Two For The Show

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Stiffs - The Stiffs

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Cummings, Burton - My Own Way to Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Gayle, Otis - Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Rush - The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)

Willowdale, Ontario

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McManus, Terry - Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)

Abingdon, England - Toronto, Ontario

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Obomsawin, Alanis - Indian Songs

Lebanon, New Hampshire - Odanak, Québec

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Connors, Stompin' Tom - And the Hockey Song

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island

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Oster, Al - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

Toronto, Ontario

Mitchell, Joni - You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)

Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Ms. Dolly Gilmore - No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man

Bells - Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom

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
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights That's All Right That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
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
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
Sidewinders (1) Cryin' Heartache Misery Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Witness Inc. Visions of Vanessa Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
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
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce Maybe the Poet If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
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
Ocean Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Élan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
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)
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)
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bells Moody Manitoba Morning Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

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