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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
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
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49

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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