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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
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
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
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
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
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
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48

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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