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
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
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
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52

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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