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
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
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
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42

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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