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
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40

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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