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
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
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
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
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

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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