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
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
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
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
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
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
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15

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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