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
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
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
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14

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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