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
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
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
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
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
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
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder Faster	04:22
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24

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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