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
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
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	04:43
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
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)	02:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
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)	02:40
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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	02:00
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36

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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