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
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
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
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
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37

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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