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
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
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
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
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
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03

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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