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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
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
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
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
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35

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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