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
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
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
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
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
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53

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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