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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29

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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