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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Mitchell, Joni	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
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
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
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44

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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