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
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
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
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
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
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
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
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
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21

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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