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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
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
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
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
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01

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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