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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
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
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16

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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