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
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
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
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
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
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	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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