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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
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
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33

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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