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
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
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
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
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
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14

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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