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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
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
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01

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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