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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
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
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
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
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
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
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04

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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