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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54

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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