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
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
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
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
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
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55

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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