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
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
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
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
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
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27

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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