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
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Eddie Spencer	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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07

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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The Reaction - East End Rockers

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

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Bob Williams - 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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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ian Thomas - 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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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Ray St. Germain - 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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Jean Leloup - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

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Mike Jones Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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