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
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28

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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