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
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46

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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