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
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
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
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27

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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