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
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37

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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