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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
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
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
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
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
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
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00

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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