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
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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)	02:41
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
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
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
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
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19

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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