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
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
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
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
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
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
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
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	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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