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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
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
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
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
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38

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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