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
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06

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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