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
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
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
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
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
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52

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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