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
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
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
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06

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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