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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
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
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder Faster	02:59
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
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	03:04
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
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	04:32
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
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
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59

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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