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
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
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
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
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
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
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
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
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
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53

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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