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
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
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
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
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
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03

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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