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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
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
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
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
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37

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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