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
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
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
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder Faster	04:22
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53

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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