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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
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
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
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
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22

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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