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
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
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
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
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
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04

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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