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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Spencer, Eddie	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
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
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
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
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
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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
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
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08

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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