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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder Faster	02:59
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
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)	02:42
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
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)	02:28
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder Faster	04:22
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

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Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

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Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

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Reaction, The - East End Rockers

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

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Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

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Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

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

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Thomas, Ian - The Runner

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

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Loverboy - Get Lucky

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Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

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St. Germain, Ray - ST

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Hometown Band - Flying

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Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love

Northern Pikes - Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)

Media - Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream

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A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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Trooper - Two For The Show

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Prism - ST

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

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Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

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Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

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Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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